Patent ID: 8738231

Claim:
A method for assisting a driver of a vehicle during operation in order to avoid an undesired situation based on a current driving scenario comprising predicting, via a controller and before an intervention of a lane keeping control function is started, if a first guiding force, received from the lane keeping control function, to a vehicle steering device is desired in order to avoid the undesired situation, and if the first guiding force is desired: predicting , before the intervention of the lane keeping control function is started, a total guiding force comprising the first guiding force and a second guiding force received from a reference generator, which would be applied to the steering device for avoiding the undesired situation, comparing , before the intervention of the lane keeping control function is started, the predicted total guiding force with a limit value, and a) if the predicted total guiding force is below the limit value, applying the total guiding force, and b) if the predicted total guiding force exceeds the limit value reducing the total guiding force by one of reducing the first guiding force or canceling the first guiding force.