METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A CHASSIS
First Claim
1. A method for operating an at least semi-active chassis of a vehicle, comprising:
- determining with at least one sensor unit a height-profile of a road course which lies ahead in a driving direction of the vehicle;
predefining multiple categories representative of respective potential obstacles that may be present on the road course as a function of respective geometric shapes of the potential obstacles, and storing the multiple categories;
assigning an actual obstacle of the road course which is displayed in the height profile to one of the multiple predefined and stored categories as a function of a geometric shape of the actual obstacle; and
proactively controlling with a control unit at least one actuating unit of the motor vehicle by transmitting to the at least one actuating unit a predetermined control signal assigned to the one of the multiple categories, thereby causing actuation of the actuating unit commensurate with the predetermined control signal, said predetermined control signal being calculated as a function of the respective potential obstacles of the predefined categories.
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Abstract
In a method for operating an at least semi-active chassis of a vehicle, a height profile of a road course which lies ahead in driving direction of the vehicle is determined with at least one sensor unit and at least one actuating unit of the vehicle is proactively controlled with the control unit, wherein an actual obstacle of the road course, which is displayed in the determined height profile is assigned to one of multiple predefined and store categories and a predetermined control signal is transmitted to the at least actuating unit based on the assigned category, wherein the actuating unit executes the control signal.
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1. A method for operating an at least semi-active chassis of a vehicle, comprising:
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determining with at least one sensor unit a height-profile of a road course which lies ahead in a driving direction of the vehicle; predefining multiple categories representative of respective potential obstacles that may be present on the road course as a function of respective geometric shapes of the potential obstacles, and storing the multiple categories; assigning an actual obstacle of the road course which is displayed in the height profile to one of the multiple predefined and stored categories as a function of a geometric shape of the actual obstacle; and proactively controlling with a control unit at least one actuating unit of the motor vehicle by transmitting to the at least one actuating unit a predetermined control signal assigned to the one of the multiple categories, thereby causing actuation of the actuating unit commensurate with the predetermined control signal, said predetermined control signal being calculated as a function of the respective potential obstacles of the predefined categories. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A device for operating an at least semi-active chassis of a vehicle, said device comprising:
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at least one sensor unit, configured to determine a height-profile of a driving course which lies ahead of the vehicle in a driving direction of the vehicle; at least one actuating unit; a control unit; and a classification module coupled with the control unit and configured to establish and store multiple categories of respective potential obstacles which may be present on the driving course as a function of a respective geometric shape of the potential obstacles, and to assign a predetermined control signal to each of the multiple categories, wherein the at least one sensor unit is configured to transmit the determined height profile to the control unit, and wherein the control unit is configured to proactively control the at least one actuating unit as a function of the determined height-profile by assigning an actual obstacle of the road course displayed in the determined height-profile to one of the multiple categories and transmitting the predetermined control signal assigned to the one of the categories to the at least one actuating unit, said respective predetermined control can being calculated as a function of the obstacles classified into the respective category. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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