Method for selecting a target vehicle
First Claim
1. Method for selecting a target vehicle located in front of a following vehicle in a driving direction of the following vehicle to control a distance between the following vehicle and the target vehicle, comprising recognizing a preceding vehicle selectable as the target vehicle when a sensor unit has detected an object in front of the following vehicle in the driving direction and a selection condition is satisfied for the object indicating a presence of the selectable preceding vehicle to a driver of the following vehicle and selecting the selectable preceding vehicle as a target vehicle by a confirmation of the driver wherein the selection condition is satisfied depending on an evaluation of dynamic parameters of the at least one of the following vehicle and the object, and selecting the selection conditions associated with actual longitudinal dynamics of the target vehicle among a plurality of defined selection conditions.
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Abstract
A method selects a target vehicle located in front of a vehicle in the driving direction of the second-mentioned vehicle. The selection of the target vehicle is used in particular to automatically control the distance between the second-mentioned vehicle and the target vehicle. A preceding vehicle that can be selected as a target vehicle is recognized if a sensor unit has detected an object in front of the vehicle in the driving direction and a selection condition for this object is satisfied. Whether the selection condition is satisfied depends on the result of an evaluation of dynamic parameters of the vehicle and/or the object. The presence of a selectable preceding vehicle is indicated to the driver, and the driver can select the selectable preceding vehicle as a target vehicle by a confirmation.
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12 Claims
- 1. Method for selecting a target vehicle located in front of a following vehicle in a driving direction of the following vehicle to control a distance between the following vehicle and the target vehicle, comprising recognizing a preceding vehicle selectable as the target vehicle when a sensor unit has detected an object in front of the following vehicle in the driving direction and a selection condition is satisfied for the object indicating a presence of the selectable preceding vehicle to a driver of the following vehicle and selecting the selectable preceding vehicle as a target vehicle by a confirmation of the driver wherein the selection condition is satisfied depending on an evaluation of dynamic parameters of the at least one of the following vehicle and the object, and selecting the selection conditions associated with actual longitudinal dynamics of the target vehicle among a plurality of defined selection conditions.
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12. Method for selecting a target vehicle located in front of a following vehicle in a driving direction of the following vehicle to control a distance between the following vehicle and the target vehicle, comprising recognizing a preceding vehicle selectable as the target vehicle when a sensor unit has detected an object in front of the following vehicle in the driving direction and a selection condition is satisfied for the object indicating a presence of the selectable preceding vehicle to a driver of the following vehicle and selecting the selectable preceding vehicle as a target vehicle by a confirmation of the driver wherein the selection condition is satisfied depending on an evaluation of dynamic parameters of the at least one of the following vehicle and the object, wherein the selection condition is determined as a function of a longitudinal dynamic of the following vehicle, and for a longitudinal speed of the following vehicle greater than a predefined first speed threshold value, a first selection condition applies, and for a longitudinal speed of the following vehicle that is less than or equal to the first speed threshold value, a second selection condition different from the first selection condition applies.
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