Method and Device for an Overtaking Assistant
First Claim
1. A method for an overtaking assistant for a vehicle equipped with environment sensing systems for detecting objects in an own lane and an adjacent lane behind, and optionally also in front of, the vehicle, characterized in thatautonomous cutting into the passing lane is only initiated if a first vehicle is detected in the passing lane.
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Abstract
A method for an overtaking assistant for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle is equipped with environment sensing systems for detecting objects in the own and an adjacent lane on the sides and at the rear of the vehicle. The space in front of the vehicle is preferably detected by environmental sensors as well. Autonomous cutting into an adjacent lane is only initiated if a first vehicle is detected in the adjacent lane. The first vehicle is taken as a reference for a speed of vehicles in the passing lane. It is also assumed that a second vehicle that approaches the first vehicle fast in the same lane has detected the first vehicle and will adjust its speed to the speed of the first vehicle.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for an overtaking assistant for a vehicle equipped with environment sensing systems for detecting objects in an own lane and an adjacent lane behind, and optionally also in front of, the vehicle, characterized in that
autonomous cutting into the passing lane is only initiated if a first vehicle is detected in the passing lane.
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10. A method for an overtaking assistance system of a subject vehicle driving on a subject vehicle'"'"'s lane of a roadway, comprising the following steps performed by the overtaking assistance system:
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receiving sensor data from an environment sensor system of the subject vehicle; evaluating the sensor data to determine whether a first vehicle is detected in an adjacent lane that is adjacent to the subject vehicle'"'"'s lane of the roadway; and only if at least the first vehicle is detected in the adjacent lane, then initiating an autonomous cutting of the subject vehicle out of the subject vehicle'"'"'s lane and into the adjacent lane.
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