Driver assistance system

• US 8,370,023 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2006
• Issued: 02/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Maass, Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Tarcza, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED
• Application Number:
  US12/083,271
• Publication Number:
  US 20090216404A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,315 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 701/41
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/20 including control of steering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/403 Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/072 Curvature of the road
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/076 Slope angle of the road
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/025 Active steering aids, e.g. helping the driver by actively influencing the steering system after environment evaluation B62D1/28 takes precedence

Abstract

A driver assistance system having a lane-keeping function, having a device for detecting the lanes on a roadway, and a control unit for intervening in the steering system of the vehicle for lane-keeping. Means are provided in the driver assistance system for detecting the position of the vehicle with respect to the lane marking of the lane. Furthermore, means are provided for detecting a travel of the vehicle through a curve. The control unit executes its control function as a function of the position of the vehicle on the lane and as a function of the cornering. The intervention depends on whether the vehicle is located on the inner side of the curve or on the outer side of the curve.

Claims

1. A driver assistance system for a vehicle having a lane-keeping function, comprising:

a device for detecting lanes on a roadway;

a control unit for intervening in a steering system of the vehicle for lane-keeping;

a position detecting arrangement for detecting a position of the vehicle with respect to edges of a lane;

a cornering detecting arrangement for detecting cornering of the vehicle, wherein the control unit executes a control function as a function of the position of the vehicle on the lane and as a function of the cornering;

a transverse acceleration detecting arrangement for detecting a transverse acceleration of the vehicle; and

an intervention arrangement for performing at least one of the following;

(i) performing, during an approach to an outer curve, an intervention of steering whose intensity increases with the tightness of the curve or the speed of negotiating the curve, and (ii) performing, during an approach to an inner-curve lane marking, an intervention of steering whose intensity decreases with the tightness of the curve or the speed of negotiating the curve.

2. The driver assistance system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit executes the control function as a function of the position of the vehicle in the lane and as a function of the detected transverse acceleration of the vehicle.

3. The driver assistance system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit executes the control function as a function of the position of the vehicle in the lane and as a function of data of a navigation system.

4. The driver assistance system according to claim 2, wherein the intervention arrangement is also configured for performing, during travel on a winding lane with the vehicle being positioned in an outside area of the lane and traveling below a threshold value of the transverse acceleration, an intervention of medium intensity in the steering system of the vehicle in the event of a deviation of the vehicle from a setpoint trajectory, with the aim of keeping to the lane.

5. The driver assistance system according to claim 2, wherein the intervention arrangement is also configured for performing, during travel on a winding lane with the vehicle being positioned in an outside area of the lane and traveling above a threshold value of the transverse acceleration, an intensive intervention in the steering system of the vehicle in the event of a deviation of the vehicle from a setpoint trajectory, with the aim of keeping to the lane.

6. The driver assistance system according to claim 2, wherein the intervention arrangement is also configured for performing, during travel on a winding lane with the vehicle being positioned in an inside area of the lane and traveling below a threshold value of the transverse acceleration, a slight intervention in the steering system of the vehicle in the event of a deviation of the vehicle from a setpoint trajectory, with the aim of keeping to the lane.

7. The driver assistance system according to claim 2, wherein, during travel on a winding lane with the vehicle being positioned in an inside area of the lane and traveling above a threshold value of the transverse acceleration, there is no intervention performed in the steering system of the vehicle in the event of a deviation of the vehicle from a setpoint trajectory, with the aim of keeping to the lane.

8. The driver assistance system according to claim 1, wherein the intervention arrangement is also configured for performing, during travel on a lane which has substantially no curve, a slight intervention in the steering system of the vehicle in the event of a deviation of the vehicle from a setpoint trajectory, with the aim of keeping to the lane.

9. The driver assistance system according to claim 2, wherein the intervention arrangement is also configured for performing, during an approach to an outer curve, an intervention of steering whose intensity increases with the tightness of the curve or the speed of negotiating the curve.

10. The driver assistance system according to claim 2, wherein the intervention arrangement is also configured for performing, during an approach to an inner-curve lane marking, an intervention of steering whose intensity decreases with the tightness of the curve or the speed of negotiating the curve.

11. The driver assistance system according to claim 2, wherein the intervention arrangement is also configured for performing, during an approach to an outer curve, an intervention of steering whose intensity increases with the tightness of the curve or the speed of negotiating the curve, and is configured for performing, during an approach to an inner-curve lane marking, an intervention of steering whose intensity decreases with the tightness of the curve or the speed of negotiating the curve.