Driver assistance system with hands-off maintaining of steering angle and lane keeping function
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1. A method of steering a vehicle by a steering assistance system, comprising:
- setting a steering-wheel angle of a steering wheel via a driver;
checking whether the set steering-wheel angle is maintained during a predefined time period;
checking whether the driver has taken the hands from the steering wheel; and
steering the vehicle in accordance with the set steering-wheel angle, when the driver maintains the set steering-wheel angle during the predefined time period or has taken the hands from the steering wheel, andshutting off the steering assistance system, when the driver has not maintained the set steering-wheel angle during the predetermined time period and has not taken the hands from the steering wheel.
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Abstract
In a method of steering a vehicle by a steering assistance system, a steering-wheel angle of a steering wheel is set by a driver. The steering assistance system checks whether the set steering-wheel angle is maintained during a predefined time period and checks whether the driver has taken the hands from the steering wheel. The vehicle is then operated according to the set steering-wheel angle, when the driver maintains the set steering-wheel angle during the predefined time period, or the steering assistance system is switched off, when the driver has released the steering wheel.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of steering a vehicle by a steering assistance system, comprising:
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setting a steering-wheel angle of a steering wheel via a driver; checking whether the set steering-wheel angle is maintained during a predefined time period; checking whether the driver has taken the hands from the steering wheel; and steering the vehicle in accordance with the set steering-wheel angle, when the driver maintains the set steering-wheel angle during the predefined time period or has taken the hands from the steering wheel, and shutting off the steering assistance system, when the driver has not maintained the set steering-wheel angle during the predetermined time period and has not taken the hands from the steering wheel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A motor vehicle, comprising:
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a steering wheel; and a steering assistance system to monitor a steering-wheel angle settable by a driver and configured to check whether the set steering-wheel angle is maintained during a predefined time period, to check whether the driver has taken the hands from the steering wheel; and to steer the vehicle in accordance with the set steering-wheel angle, when the driver maintains the set steering-wheel angle during the predefined time period or has taken the hands from the steering wheel, and to shut off the steering assistance system, when the driver has not maintained the set steering-wheel angle and has not taken the hands from the steering wheel. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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