Patent ID: 8024102
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: B60K,B60Q,B60T,B60W

Abstract:
1. A method for notifying a driver of a motor vehicle equipped with an adaptive distance and speed controller, comprising: one of activating or deactivating a takeover prompt which informs the driver that the vehicle is coming critically close to a target object to prompt the driver to perform a brake intervention; wherein the activation or deactivation of the takeover prompt occurs as a function of at least one of: i) a fixed minimum distance between a distance-controlled and speed-controlled vehicle and the target object, ii) a relative speed-dependent minimum distance of the distance-controlled and speed-controlled vehicle in relation to the target object, and iii) a maximum vehicle deceleration producible by the distance and speed controller, and wherein the takeover prompt is further output when the driver overrides the distance and speed controller by depressing an accelerator and the vehicle comes critically close to the target object, and