Patent ID: 9346467
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B60W,B62D,G05D,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A driving assistance apparatus for a motor vehicle for assistance with driving along narrow roadways, the driving assistance apparatus comprising: a data acquisition unit configured for acquiring route data while driving on a route to be obtained from wheel and steering angle sensors; a trajectory storage unit configured for recording the route data of the data acquisition unit, wherein the driving assistance apparatus is coupled to a satellite navigation receiver for determining boundary value position data at a time of commencement and/or end of the route and the trajectory storage unit is configured for storing the boundary value position data for the route data; a triggering unit configured for triggering the motor vehicle on a basis of the route data recorded by the trajectory storage unit, for driving along the route in the same or reverse direction; and an approach checking unit configured to check whether the motor vehicle is approaching a commencement or end of the route based on the boundary value position data and to generate a position approach signal if the motor vehicle is approaching the commencement or end of the route, and wherein the position approach signal is supplied to a driver communication unit, which is configured to provide a driver of the motor vehicle with an option for activating an automatic driving of a corresponding route and optionally activates the triggering unit for autonomous driving of the route by the motor vehicle, and wherein, when selecting a route to be driven, the driver communication unit selects accessibility of a door and/or a trunk of the motor vehicle.