Patent ID: 8428821

Claim:
An operating method for supporting lane keeping of a vehicle equipped with a steering device, comprising providing vehicle related information; providing environment related information; combining vehicle and environment related information; predicting a future trajectory of the vehicle based on vehicle and environment related information; estimating a desired lateral lane position of the vehicle and/or a guiding force; comparing the future trajectory and-the-desired lateral lane position; detecting whether a force is exerted on the steering device by a driver; providing a guiding force to the steering device when the force is exerted on the steering device by the driver; and when providing the guiding force, a) defining an amount of the guiding force depending on a hierarchically ordered set describing a predetermined driving behavior of the vehicle, b) adapting the amount of guiding force depending on the direction in which the vehicle is intended to move, and c) activating one or more actuators for supplying the adapted amount of guiding force to the steering device.