Patent ID: 9630618
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60W,B62D

Claim:
1. A method for activating a vehicle driving state with reduced risk of consequences of collision in response to a driver of the vehicle experiencing an emergency while driving the vehicle with non-activated lateral guidance assistance, wherein the speed of the vehicle is higher than a speed limit, the method comprising: detecting, via a hands-off device, a hands-off situation of the driver and outputting a hands-off warning in a hands-off phase; carrying out a warning escalation in an escalation phase when there is no reaction detected in response to the hands-off warning; and reducing the speed of the vehicle in an intervention phase, via a longitudinal guidance device, to a speed which is lower than the speed limit if there is no reaction in the escalation phase, wherein, during the hands-off phase, the escalation phase and the intervention phase, lateral guidance is activated and applies a steering torque which returns the vehicle to the lane when exiting of the vehicle from the current lane is detected.