Method and device for activating at least one vehicle component of a vehicle
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1. A method for activating a parking brake of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining an emergency braking scenario, wherein the vehicle is brought to a halt by an emergency braking system, braking the vehicle automatically without driver input;
determining an unconscious driver condition when a position of a brake pedal or a gas pedal of the vehicle does not change for a predetermined time after the emergency braking scenario; and
actuating the parking brake when the unconscious driver condition is met.
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Abstract
A method is provided for activating at least one vehicle component of a vehicle in a braking situation of the vehicle. The method includes, but is not limited to raking of the vehicle to a halt and monitoring of at least one second vehicle component take place, and the second vehicle component can be actuated by a vehicle occupant. In addition, actuation of the at least one first vehicle component after a predetermined time takes place in the event that the second vehicle component is not actuated by the vehicle occupant within the predetermined time.
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1. A method for activating a parking brake of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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determining an emergency braking scenario, wherein the vehicle is brought to a halt by an emergency braking system, braking the vehicle automatically without driver input; determining an unconscious driver condition when a position of a brake pedal or a gas pedal of the vehicle does not change for a predetermined time after the emergency braking scenario; and actuating the parking brake when the unconscious driver condition is met. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device for activating a parking brake of a vehicle comprising:
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an emergency braking system designed for automatically braking the vehicle to a halt in an emergency braking scenario without driver input; a monitoring device determining an unconscious driver condition when a position of a brake pedal or gas pedal of the vehicle does not change for a predetermined time after the emergency braking scenario; and an actuation device designed for actuating the parking brake when the unconscious driver condition is met. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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