Changing the Configuration of an Active Safety System of an Automated Motor Vehicle

Abstract

A controller for changing between a respective first configuration and a respective second configuration of at least one active safety system of an automated motor vehicle is provided. The controller is configured to detect a change in the operating mode of the motor vehicle from an at least highly automated operating mode into a maximally partially automated operating mode and to change the at least one active safety system from the first configuration to the second configuration when a change is detected.

Claims

1.-13. (canceled)

14. A controller for changing between a first configuration and a second configuration of at least one active safety system of an automated motor vehicle, wherein the controller is configured: to recognize a change in an operating mode of the automated motor vehicle from an at least highly automated operating mode into an at most partially automated operating mode, and to change the at least one active safety system from the first configuration to the second configuration when the change is recognized.

15. The controller according to claim 14, wherein the at most partially automated operating mode is an operating mode without automation.

16. The controller according to claim 14, wherein a reaction of the at least one active safety system in the second configuration is triggered at an earlier point in time than a point in time at which a reaction in the first configuration of the at least one active safety system would have been triggered.

17. The controller according to claim 16, wherein the reaction of the at least one active safety system in the second configuration is triggered with a lower intensity than an intensity at with which the reaction in the first configuration of the at least one active safety system would have been triggered.

18. The controller according to claim 14, wherein: the at least one active safety system is configured to trigger at least two different reactions dependent on a configuration of the respective active safety system, and a triggering point in time and/or an intensity of at least one of the reactions in the second configuration differs from a triggering point in time and/or an intensity of at least one of the reactions in the first configuration.

19. The controller according claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured: to determine a point in time after the change of the at least one active safety system from the first configuration to the second configuration, and to change the at least one active safety system from the second configuration to the first configuration depending on the point in time.

20. The controller according to claim 19, wherein the controller is further configured: to ascertain an influencing variable, and to determine the point in time depending on the influencing variable.

21. The controller according to claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured: to ascertain an influencing variable, and to alter the second configuration of the at least one active safety system depending on the influencing variable when the change in the operating mode of the automated motor vehicle is recognized.

22. The controller according to claim 14, wherein: the automated motor vehicle comprises at least two active safety systems, and the controller is further configured to change at least one subset of the at least two active safety systems from the first configuration to the second configuration when the change in the operating mode of the automated motor vehicle is recognized.

23. The controller according to claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured: to determine a variable that is characteristic of a readiness for driving of a driver of the automated motor vehicle, and to alter the second configuration of the at least one active safety system depending on the variable that is characteristic of the readiness for driving of the driver of the automated motor vehicle when the change in the operating mode of the automated motor vehicle is recognized.

24. The controller according to claim 23, wherein the variable that is characteristic of the readiness for driving of the driver of the automated motor vehicle is characteristic of a readiness for driving with regard to a longitudinal and/or a lateral control of the automated motor vehicle.

25. The controller according to claim 14, wherein: the at most partially automated operating mode is an assisted operating mode in which either a longitudinal control or a lateral control of the motor vehicle continues to be effected in an automated manner, and the controller is further configured to change at least one active safety system for the longitudinal control or the lateral control that is no longer effected in an automated manner from the first configuration to the second configuration when the change is recognized.

26. A method for changing between a first configuration and a second configuration of at least one active safety system of an automated motor vehicle, the method comprising: recognizing a change in an operating mode of the motor vehicle from an at least highly automated operating mode into an at most partially automated operating mode, and changing the at least one active safety system from the first configuration to the second configuration when the change is recognized.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0054] FIG. 1 shows one exemplary embodiment for reactions of an active safety system.

[0055] FIG. 2 shows a further exemplary embodiment for reactions of an active safety system.

[0056] FIG. 3 shows one exemplary embodiment for changes of a configuration of an active safety system.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0057] FIG. 1 shows one exemplary embodiment for reactions of an active safety system of an automated motor vehicle, wherein the active safety system is coupled to a controller according to embodiments of the invention for changing between a respective first configuration k1 and a respective second configuration k2 of the active safety system.

[0058] The controller is designed to recognize a change in an operating mode of the automated motor vehicle from an at least highly automated operating mode into an at most partially automated operating mode, and to change the at least one active safety system from the first configuration k1 to the second configuration k2 when a change is recognized.

[0059] In this case, a reaction R′ of the at least one active safety system in the case of the second configuration k2 is triggered at an earlier point in time t0 than a point in time t1 at which the reaction R in the case of the first configuration k1 of the at least one active safety system would have been triggered.

[0060] Moreover, the reaction R′ of the at least one active safety system in the case of the second configuration k2 is triggered with a lower intensity i0 than the intensity i1 with which the reaction R in the case of the first configuration k1 of the at least one active safety system would have been triggered.

[0061] Furthermore, the at least one active safety system is designed to trigger at least two different reactions R, R2 dependent on the configuration k of the respective active safety system, and wherein a triggering point in time t0 and/or an intensity i0 of at least one of these reactions R′ in the case of the second configuration k2 differ(s) from a triggering point in time t1 and/or an intensity i1 of at least one reaction R in the case of the first configuration k.

[0062] In the present case, the reaction R in accordance with the first configuration k1 is triggered earlier and with lower intensity i0 than reaction R′ in the case of the second configuration k2 and a further reaction R2 is additionally triggered at a later point in time.

[0063] This change is caused for example by the fact that the controller is designed to ascertain an influencing variable, and to alter the second configuration k2 of the at least one active safety system depending on the influencing variable when a change in the operating mode of the automated motor vehicle is recognized.

[0064] FIG. 2 shows a further exemplary embodiment for a reaction of an active safety system of an automated motor vehicle, wherein the active safety system is coupled to a controller according to embodiments of the invention for changing between a respective first configuration k1 and a respective second configuration k2 of the active safety system.

[0065] In this case, the controller is designed to recognize a change in an operating mode of the automated motor vehicle from an at least highly automated operating mode into an at most partially automated operating mode, in particular from a highly automated operating mode into an operating mode without automation, and to change the at least one active safety system from the first configuration k1 to the second configuration k2 when a change is recognized.

[0066] In this case, a reaction R of the at least one active safety system in the case of the second configuration k2 is triggered with a higher intensity i1′ than the intensity i1 with which the reaction R would have been triggered in the case of the first configuration k1 of the at least one active safety system.

[0067] FIG. 3 shows one exemplary embodiment for changes of a configuration of an active safety system.

[0068] The controller according to embodiments of the invention for changing between a respective first configuration k1 and a respective second configuration k2 of at least one active safety system of an automated motor vehicle is designed to recognize a change in an operating mode of the automated motor vehicle from an at least highly automated operating mode into an at most partially automated operating mode at a point in time t3, and to change the at least one active safety system from the first configuration k1 to the second configuration k2 when a change is recognized.

[0069] Moreover, the controller is designed to determine a point in time t4 after the change of the at least one active safety system from the first configuration k1 to the second configuration k2, and to change the at least one active safety system from the second configuration k2 to the first configuration k1 depending on this point in time, for example at this point in time.