Patent ID: 9051008
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B60T,B60W,B62D

Abstract:
1. A method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle during a lane departure, the method comprising the acts of: determining at least a low degree of danger and a high degree of danger for a lane departure via a side area monitoring device of the vehicle, wherein the low degree of danger corresponds to when the side area monitoring device detects an open passing lane and the high degree of danger corresponds to when the side area monitoring detects that the passing lane is not open; determining a deliberateness of the driver in departing the lane; upon determining the high degree of danger, triggering a first driver-aid reaction at least in a form of a first counter-steering of the vehicle for steering the vehicle back into the lane, wherein the first counter-steering has a strength that is independent of the determined deliberateness of the lane departure, and wherein the triggering is controlled by a coupling between the side area monitoring device and a lane directional stability monitoring device; and upon determining the low degree of danger, triggering a second driver-aid reaction as a function of the determined deliberateness of leaving the lane, wherein the second driver-aid reaction comprises a second counter-steering having a strength that is proportional to the determined deliberateness of the lane departure.