| US 7,525,475 B2 | ||
| Driving assistance method for a vehicle | ||
| Ruppert Kamping, Hannover (Germany); Hartmut Kitterer, Hannover (Germany); and Frank Zielke, Barsinghausen (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Wabco GmbH, Hannover (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/637,304. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10 2005 060 820 (DE), filed on Dec. 20, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0139255 A1, Jun. 21, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60K 31/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G01S 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 342—71 [342/70; 342/175; 342/195; 701/70] | 10 Claims |
| 1. In a vehicle equipped with a longitudinal guidance control system for controlling vehicle speed and a lateral guidance control system for controlling lateral guidance of the vehicle, lateral guidance control having priority over speed control, a driving assistance method comprising the steps of activating the longitudinal guidance control system during lateral guidance control, and when lateral guidance control has ended, at least one of (i) deactivating the longitudinal guidance control system and (ii) placing the longitudinal guidance control system in an operating condition that effects acceleration of the vehicle at a rate below a predetermined index longitudinal acceleration. |