Method for safely parking a vehicle in an emergency situation
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1. A method for automatically parking a vehicle, comprising:
- checking, using a monitoring of the vehicle, whether an emergency situation is present; and
automatically parking the vehicle, by a driver assistance system of the vehicle, upon recognition of an emergency situation;
wherein the driver assistance system requests information from an external database and takes into account the requested information in automatically parking the vehicle,wherein the driver assistance system is configured to selectively transfer the control of the driving function to the driver, and(i) if the driver assistance system indicates to the driver an intended transfer of control of the driving function to the driver but the driver refuses to take control of the driving function, an emergency situation is recognized and the vehicle is automatically parked by the driver assistance system, and(ii) if the driver assistance system indicates to the driver an intended transfer of control of the driving function to the driver and the driver indicates an intent to take control of the driving function, the automatic parking of the vehicle is interrupted by the driver assistance system.
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Abstract
In a method for safely parking a vehicle, it is checked whether an emergency situation is present, and the vehicle is driven by the driver assistance system to a road shoulder upon recognition of an emergency situation. In controlling the driving operation, information is requested from an external database and taken into account by the driver assistance system.
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1. A method for automatically parking a vehicle, comprising:
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checking, using a monitoring of the vehicle, whether an emergency situation is present; and automatically parking the vehicle, by a driver assistance system of the vehicle, upon recognition of an emergency situation; wherein the driver assistance system requests information from an external database and takes into account the requested information in automatically parking the vehicle, wherein the driver assistance system is configured to selectively transfer the control of the driving function to the driver, and (i) if the driver assistance system indicates to the driver an intended transfer of control of the driving function to the driver but the driver refuses to take control of the driving function, an emergency situation is recognized and the vehicle is automatically parked by the driver assistance system, and (ii) if the driver assistance system indicates to the driver an intended transfer of control of the driving function to the driver and the driver indicates an intent to take control of the driving function, the automatic parking of the vehicle is interrupted by the driver assistance system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for automatically parking a vehicle, comprising:
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checking, using a monitoring of the vehicle, whether an emergency situation is present; and automatically parking the vehicle, by a driver assistance system of the vehicle, upon recognition of an emergency situation; wherein the driver assistance system requests information from an external database and takes into account the requested information in automatically parking the vehicle, wherein at least one of (i) data of a digital map regarding a road shoulder and (ii) information of the external database regarding the road shoulder is taken into account by the driver assistance system, and wherein upon recognition of an emergency situation; data about the road shoulder in the driving direction of the vehicle are analyzed for a possible stopping place for the vehicle within a defined distance from the vehicle; a stopping place is selected based on the analysis; and the driver assistance system automatically drives the vehicle to the stopping place and parks the vehicle at the selected stopping place. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing a computer program having program codes which, when executed on a computer, performs a method for automatically parking a vehicle, the method comprising:
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checking, using a monitoring of the vehicle, whether an emergency situation is present; and automatically parking the vehicle, by a driver assistance system of the vehicle, upon recognition of an emergency situation; wherein the driver assistance system requests information from an external database and takes into account the requested information in automatically parking the vehicle; wherein at least one of (i) data of a digital map regarding a road shoulder and (ii) information of the external database regarding the road shoulder is taken into account by the driver assistance system; and wherein upon recognition of an emergency situation; data about the road shoulder in the driving direction of the vehicle are analyzed for a possible stopping place for the vehicle within a defined distance from the vehicle; a stopping place is selected based on the analysis; and the driver assistance system automatically drives the vehicle to the stopping place and parks the vehicle at the selected stopping place.
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