Abstract: A method and a device for operating a vehicle assistance system in that the environment of the vehicle and objects located in the vehicle are determined using detected signals from an environment sensor system. Using the method and device it may be determined whether the roadway lying ahead of the vehicle driving in an automated driving mode is snow-covered and has tire tracks. In the event the tire tracks are there, and depending on the determined course of the tire tracks for the vehicle, a decision is made as to whether a journey along these tire tracks is critical.

Abstract: A method for checking at least one driving environment sensor of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle is located on a digital map, features of stored stationary objects in an environment of the vehicle, which are expected to be recognized by the driving environment sensor, are identified in the digital map and the environment of the vehicle is sensed using the driving environment sensor. A degradation of the driving environment sensor is deduced if the features to be recognized according to expectations are not recognized by the driving environment sensor or if features actually recognized by the driving environment sensor deviate strongly from the features to be recognized according to expectations.

Abstract: A method for supporting an automatically driving vehicle is provided. In one embodiment, it is ascertained whether it is possible for the automatically driving vehicle to change lanes to a fast lane in order to pass an obstacle located in front of the automatically driving vehicle on a roadway. If not, the automatically driving vehicle stops before reaching the obstacle and transmits a support request to a vehicle-external center. The vehicle-external center detects another vehicle in the surroundings of the automatically driving vehicle and instructs same to move in the direction of the automatically driving vehicle and change to the fast lane before reaching the automatically driving vehicle.

Abstract: A method for operating an automated motor vehicle during automated driving includes determining the current motor vehicle route data, a current trajectory of the motor vehicle, and environment information. The method also includes ascertaining a driving maneuver that is to be expected, associating this driving maneuver with one of the at least two motoring comfort levels, and outputting advice to the occupants of the motor vehicle if the current motoring comfort level changes as a result. The method further includes automatically and actively taking measures relating to the interior to adjust the interior to suit the motoring comfort level that is to be expected.

Abstract: A vehicle is located on a digital map, with objects being stored in the digital map in a georeferenced manner. From a set of these objects stored in a georeferenced manner in the digital map, which are currently being detected by the environment sensor, the object most distant from the environment sensor is identified and a current sensor range of the environment sensor is determined on the basis of the distance of the environment sensor from the object.

Abstract: A vehicle designed for an automated driving operation may have a ventilation device for ventilating a vehicle interior. A control unit and at least one pressure sensor assembly may be provided. The control unit may be designed to activate the ventilation device and to determine a setpoint pressure value of the air pressure within the vehicle interior while the vehicle interior is closed, to infer damage to a vehicle shell surrounding the vehicle interior. Further, the control unit may block the automated driving operation if it is inferred that there is damage to the vehicle shell. Methods for detecting damage to the vehicle and for operating a vehicle are also provided. A device for carrying out a method for detecting damage to a vehicle and/or for carrying out a method for operating a vehicle to a computer program and to a machine-readable storage medium are also provided.

Abstract: A method for checking at least one driving environment sensor of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle is located on a digital map, features of stored stationary objects in an environment of the vehicle, which are expected to be recognized by the driving environment sensor, are identified in the digital map and the environment of the vehicle is sensed using the driving environment sensor. A degradation of the driving environment sensor is deduced if the features to be recognized according to expectations are not recognized by the driving environment sensor or if features actually recognized by the driving environment sensor deviate strongly from the features to be recognized according to expectations.

Abstract: A method and a device for operating a vehicle assistance system in that the environment of the vehicle and objects located in the vehicle are determined using detected signals from an environment sensor system. Using the method and device it may be determined whether the roadway lying ahead of the vehicle driving in an automated driving mode is snow-covered and has tire tracks. In the event the tire tracks are there, and depending on the determined course of the tire tracks for the vehicle, a decision is made as to whether a journey along these tire tracks is critical.

Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle assistance system is described. In one embodiment, when the vehicle is in the autonomous driving mode, encountering an obstacle is prevented independent of the passage height, due to a control unit if is determined that the obstacle is a load supported by a working machine, where the load projects into a driving corridor of the vehicle or moves in the driving corridor. Also described is a device for carrying out the method and to a vehicle having such a device.

Abstract: A method for at least partly automated driving of a motor vehicle includes receiving environment signals that represent an environment of the motor vehicle, processing the environment signals to detect a dynamic object in the environment, and predicting a movement of the detected dynamic object based on infrastructure data that represent an infrastructure of the environment. The method further includes generating control signals for at least partly automated control of the lateral and longitudinal guidance of the motor vehicle based on the predicted movement, and outputting the generated control signals to drive the motor vehicle at least partly automatically based on the predicted movement.

Abstract: A method for the at least partially automated guidance of a motor vehicle includes receiving a plurality of surroundings signals which represent an area surrounding the motor vehicle and, when a turning situation is present in which the motor vehicle is to turn at an intersection point, generating a plurality of control signals for the at least partially automated control of a lateral and longitudinal guidance of the motor vehicle on the basis of the surroundings signals. The method includes outputting the control signals to guide the motor vehicle on the basis of the control signals to, before a turning maneuver, guide the motor vehicle at a reduced lateral distance from a lane edge that is on an inside of a bend corresponding to the turning maneuver, to impede or prevent overtaking by a two-wheeled vehicle on a side of the motor vehicle on the inside of the bend.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a a method for automating driving of a vehicle into a stopping position. The method includes receiving and processing vehicle environment signals, and generating control signals configured to at least partly automate the driving of the vehicle into the stopping position. The processing includes detecting an entry/exit area to be used for boarding/disembarking of a wheelchair user, checking whether the entry/exit area has spatial dimensions required for for the boarding/disembarking, checking whether the entry/exit area is independently traversable by the wheelchair user, and determining a stopping position adjacent to the entry/exit area for stopping the vehicle in response to recognizing that (i) the entry/exit area has the spatial dimensions required for the at least one of the boarding and the disembarking of the wheelchair user and (ii) the entry/exit area is independently traversable by the wheelchair user.