Patent ID: 11964661
Assignee: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A driver assistance system having an emergency stopping function for a vehicle, wherein the driver assistance system is configured to:
execute an automated lane change from a first lane to a second lane in response to the emergency stopping function being triggered;
determine, using one or more sensors, a speed limit and/or at least one vehicle passenger compartment characteristic;
execute the lane change based on the determined speed limit being higher than a threshold value and/or at least one vehicle passenger compartment characteristic;
detect a presence of a driver in a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
when the emergency stopping function is triggered, execute the automated lane change from the first lane to the second lane based on the detected presence of the driver; and
execute the emergency stopping function in the first lane if it is detected that the driver is not present.