METHOD FOR THE ADAPTION OF A DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF A VEHICLE WITH A CHANGE OF DRIVER

• US 20110251734A1
• Filed: 04/07/2011
• Published: 10/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: WAGNER, Oliver, SCHRAMM, Thomas, RATHMACHER, Ralf, KHANAFER, Ali, LASSRICH, Ingobert, SCHEPP, Oliver
• Application Number:
  US13/082,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20110251734A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/30 Driving style
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/085 Changing the parameters of the control units, e.g. changing limit values, working points by control input

Abstract

A method is provided for the adaption of a driving behavior of a vehicle with a change of driver. For this, driver-specific driving parameters, which characterize a driving style of a driver, of several vehicle drivers are stored as virtual driver profiles in the vehicle or in a drivers'"'"' control center. In addition, various methods are stored driver-specifically in the vehicle or in a drivers'"'"' control center, which respectively modify a reaction of the vehicle to driving parameters of a driver to the effect that a manner of driving, taking into account the limits of the vehicle, is ensured in traffic. During the driving of the vehicle, a first of the methods is then used and a comparison of stored virtual driver profiles with actually detected driver-specific driving parameters is carried out. If on comparing the actually detected driver-specific driving parameters a change of driver is clearly recognized and an allocation to one of the stored virtual driver profiles was not able to take place, a change-over is made to a next one of the methods until the driver is recognized or, if a recognition is not possible by means of the stored data, a further safety method is created for a new virtual driver.

Claims

1. A method for adaption of a driving behavior of a vehicle, comprising:

storing of driver-specific driving parameters that characterize a driving style of a driver of several vehicle drivers in virtual driver profiles;

storing of methods that respectively modify a reaction of the vehicle to driver-specific driving parameters to effect a manner of driving taking into account limits of the vehicle is ensured in traffic;

using a first of the methods during the driving of the vehicle;

comparing stored virtual driver profiles with actually detected driver-specific driving parameters; and

making a changeover to a next one of the methods if on comparing the actually detected driver-specific driving parameters and a change of driver was clearly recognized and an allocation to one of the virtual driver profiles is open.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising creating a further method that makes provision of a manner of driving taking account of the limits of the vehicle is ensured in traffic for a new driver-specific driving parameters if on comparing the actually detected driver-specific driving parameters and the change of driver was recognized and the allocation is not possible to one of the virtual driver profiles.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising maintaining the method is maintained if on comparing the actually detected driver-specific driving parameters clearly the change of driver was not recognized.