Travel direction stabilization system for vehicles

摘要

A method for influencing the direction of travel of a vehicle. In order to lower the risk of accidents in driving situations in which the driver reacts incorrectly, for example because of being surprised, it is provided that the driving operation be monitored in reference to the occurrence of an event due to which the travel direction of the vehicle changes, deviating from the travel direction specified at the steering wheel, and when such an event is detected that an automatic intervention in the driving operation be performed whereby the vehicle is moved back approximately into the original direction of travel in which it was moving before the event occurred.

主权项

1. A method for influencing a direction of travel of a vehicle which is moving in a certain direction on a roadway, the method comprising:
monitoring a driving operation in reference to an event due to which the travel direction of the vehicle changes, deviating from the travel direction specified at a steering wheel; determining a relative yaw angle by which the vehicle has rotated relative to the roadway as a result of the event; and independently from input specified at the steering wheel, executing an automatic intervention into the driving operation, by which the vehicle is substantially rotated back by the relative yaw angle.