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Method and system for adapting the driving-off behavior of a vehicle to a traffic signal installation, and use of the system

  • US 9,483,940 B2
  • Filed: 06/14/2013
  • Issued: 11/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for adapting a driving-off behavior of a vehicle to a traffic signal installation,in which the traffic signal installation permits passing in a first state and prohibits passing in a second state,in which a state information item and a time information item of the traffic signal installation are received by the vehicle by vehicle-to-X communication means and are passed on to a traffic light phase assistance system,wherein the state information item describes a present state of the traffic signal installation and the time information item describes a time window up to a change in state of the traffic signal installation,in which presence information comprising at least position data on vehicles in the surroundings which are enabled for vehicle-to-X communication is also received by the vehicle, andin which the vehicle determines its own position by position-determining means, whereinthe position data received by vehicle-to-X communication are displayed to the driver and the driving-off behavior is adapted as a function of the state information item and the time information item and the presence of vehicles in the surroundings which are not enabled for vehicle-to-X communication, andthe vehicle additionally detects the position data on the vehicles in the surroundings by a surroundings sensor system, and the vehicles in the surroundings are automatically detected as not being enabled for vehicle-to-X communication if the surrounding vehicles position data is detected exclusively by the surroundings sensor system.

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