CHANGING OF THE DRIVING MODE FOR A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM
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Abstract
A driver assistance system of a motor vehicle has an autonomous driving mode in which the driver assistance system independently performs vehicle guidance including both longitudinal guidance and lateral guidance of the vehicle. A change signal is designed to initiate a change from the autonomous driving mode into another, predetermined driving mode in which a driver of the vehicle is intended to perform at least part of the vehicle guidance in such a way as to make a safe change of the driving mode. For this purpose, the driver assistance system detects driver data, which depend on a posture of at least part of the driver, by a sensor device. When the change signal is received, it is checked whether the driver data satisfy a predetermined safety condition and the driving mode is changed only when the safety condition is satisfied.
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22 Claims
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11. A method for operating a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle having an autonomous driving mode in which the driver assistance system independently performs vehicle guidance including both longitudinal guidance and lateral guidance of the motor vehicle, comprising:
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detecting driver data based on a posture of at least part of the driver by a sensor device of the motor vehicle; receiving a change signal, at the driver assistance system, designating initiation of a change from the autonomous driving mode into another, predetermined driving mode in which a driver of the motor vehicle is intended to perform at least part of the vehicle guidance; checking, when the change signal is received, whether the driver data satisfy a predetermined safety condition; changing into the other driving mode only when the safety condition is satisfied; and outputting, when the safety condition is not satisfied, from the driver assistance system, a message to the driver via an output device, the message at least one of specifying which part of the safety condition is not satisfied and providing an action instruction as to how the posture is to be changed to satisfy the safety condition completely. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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