DE102019215308A1 - Method for activating and / or adapting an automated driving function for an at least partially automated vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for activating and / or adapting an automated driving function, in particular a driver assistance function, for an at least partially automated vehicle, comprising the steps of: - identifying (102) a driver; - checking (103) a level of experience of the identified driver; - activating and / or Adjusting (104) the automated driving function based on the driver's level of experience.

Description

The invention relates to a method for activating and / or adapting an automated driving function for an at least partially automated vehicle, a device set up for executing the method, a computer program for executing the method, and a machine-readable storage medium on which this computer program is stored.

State of the art

In the DE 10 2012 215 397 A1 A method is disclosed for interactive awareness raising of a motor vehicle, comprising steps of determining that a driver assistance function for partially automatic driving of the motor vehicle is active, of capturing a stimulus that can be experienced by the motorist when looking at the surroundings of the motor vehicle, of capturing an input of the Driver in response to the stimulus, determining a game outcome based on the input and the stimulus and outputting an indication of the game outcome.

Disclosure of the invention

• - Identifizieren eines Fahrers;
• - Prüfen eines Erfahrungsstands, insbesondere eines Erfahrungsstands für die Nutzung von Assistenzfunktionen, des identifizierten Fahrers;
• - Freischalten und/oder Anpassen der automatisierten Fahrfunktion basierend auf dem Erfahrungsstand des Fahrers.

The invention describes a method for activating and / or adapting an automated driving function, in particular a driver assistance function, for an at least partially automated vehicle and comprises the following steps:

• - Identifying a driver;
• - Checking a level of experience, in particular a level of experience for the use of assistance functions, of the identified driver;
• - Activation and / or adaptation of the automated driving function based on the level of experience of the driver.

A vehicle that can be operated or operated in an at least partially automated manner can be understood to mean a vehicle that can be operated or operated in a partially, highly or fully automated manner. In particular, the automated vehicle can be a partially and / or partially automated operated vehicle that can be operated at least partially without human intervention, the driver responding to the request for intervention within a predefined period of time and taking control of the vehicle got to. It can also be a vehicle that only contains driver assistance functions, the activation of which the driver remains permanently responsible. For example, such a vehicle can be equipped with a hands-free driving function that automatically controls the vehicle even if the driver takes his hands off the steering wheel for longer times (for example, greater than 1 minute). However, since the driver is still responsible for these functions, when such a function is activated, it is possible to check whether the driver is paying attention to the road traffic in spite of letting go of the steering wheel. This can be done, for example, based on the driver's gaze direction detection.

The vehicle can be, for example, a classic car, a truck, a minibus or a shuttle. The vehicle can also be other types of vehicle, such as quads, trikes, watercraft or the like.

In the identification step, the person / driver controlling the vehicle is identified. This can be done in various ways, for example using captured biometric data of the driver. For this purpose, face recognition or an iris scan can take place, for example, by means of a camera and a corresponding algorithm. Alternatively or in addition, a fingerprint sensor can be used or the driver is identified on the basis of his weight and / or his sitting position and / or his voice.

The checking of the driver's level of experience, in particular the checking of the level of experience related to the use of assistance functions, can for example be based on reading out a profile of the driver stored in a database, for example in the vehicle itself or on an external server. Various information about the driving behavior of the driver can be stored in this, for example about the frequency of use of driving functions or the reaction speed of the driver to requests to take control of the vehicle after prior automated control of the vehicle by a driving function. Further properties and / or skills of the driver relevant to determining the level of experience are specified in the subclaims and the exemplary embodiments. When checking the level of experience, only a single value can be read out, which correlates with the driver's ability to control his vehicle, in particular when using driving functions.

The method cannot only take place for the use of a specific vehicle assigned to the driver. Since the profile can also be stored on an external server, this method can also be used, for example, in a car sharing or Car-2-Go system. The corresponding vehicles can then be used by the driver identify, for example, via his smartphone with which he is booking a vehicle and / or gaining access to it. The identification can also take place on the basis of further characteristics of the driver or his behavior, for example on the basis of biometric variables.

Based on the test and a thus determined level of experience of the driver, the automated driving function is enabled and / or adapted. In this case, for example, driving functions for new routes can be enabled or blocked again on which the corresponding driving function could not previously be activated or activated. In addition, if necessary, higher or reduced speeds can be driven with the driving function or takeover times and / or times in which the attention can be drawn from the road can be increased or reduced / shortened. Further options for approval or adjustments are listed below and in the exemplary embodiments.

The method can for example be carried out in a vehicle on one or more vehicle control devices. Alternatively, the method can also be carried out outside the vehicle on spatially separate servers.

The method offers the advantage that driving functions can be individually adapted to the respective user / driver. Thus, the benefit of such driving functions can be increased while at the same time ensuring the safety of the driving function. In addition, customer satisfaction increases, as a result of which such systems are better accepted and consequently can penetrate the market more quickly.

In a further embodiment of the method, this includes the additional step of adapting the level of experience during and / or after a trip by the driver with the vehicle.

In this embodiment, the experience level cannot be read out just once when the vehicle is started, but rather continuously or at predefined intervals while the driver is driving the vehicle. Depending on the driving behavior of the driver and his driving habits and frequency of use of driving functions, the level of experience can be adapted during operation and thus, if necessary, driving functions can also be activated or adapted while driving the vehicle.

This embodiment of the method offers the advantage that the driver is given direct feedback about his driving performance or his usage behavior of driving functions and that this is motivated to improve his performance. On the one hand, this increases the functional scope of the driver assistance functions and, on the other hand, the driver is trained so that his driving behavior increases the safety for him and other road users.

As an alternative or in addition, the adaptation does not take place directly during operation / while the vehicle is being driven. The driving behavior can also be evaluated following a journey and, based on this evaluation, the level of experience can be adjusted. When the vehicle is used again or another vehicle with corresponding driving functions is used, the adjusted level of experience is determined during the test.

In a further embodiment of the method, the level of experience is increased if the driver regularly uses an automated driving function and / or has used an automated driving function for longer than a predefined period of time. Alternatively or in addition, an increase occurs if a time or average time for taking control of the vehicle by the driver after the vehicle has been operated by an automated driving function falls below a predefined time threshold and / or if the driver does not use an automated driving function when it is detected The driver becomes tired and / or the driver complies with the traffic rules, in particular speed limits and overtaking bans, and / or the driver uses a side mirror when changing lanes and / or looks over the shoulder.

These conditions for increasing the level of experience help the driver to control the vehicle more safely, in particular when using driving functions. This increases driving performance and thus safety.

In a further embodiment of the method, this includes the additional step of monitoring the direction of view of the driver when the driving function is activated, the experience level being adapted as a function of the monitoring.

In the case of hands-free functions in particular, it can be essential that the driver carefully observes the driving process, even if he is not actively intervening in the vehicle control system. To check this, the driver's line of sight in particular offers a good evaluation criterion. The level of experience can be adjusted depending on whether the driver focuses his gaze and thus his attention primarily on the road or primarily on other things. Results in an evaluation of the In the direction of view that the driver adheres to the specified maximum "inattentiveness" and reliably observes the road ahead in spite of the activated hands-free driving function, the level of experience can be increased. If it is determined that the driver is not monitoring the driving situation attentively enough and if, for example, “periods of inattention” are exceeded several times, the level of experience can be downgraded accordingly. The inattentiveness times can be adjusted individually for different driving functions. In particular, these can be determined by driving tests.

In a further embodiment of the method, the level of experience is increased if the direction of the driver's gaze is directed away from the road for a predefined period of time no longer than a predefined time threshold value. These time periods can also be adapted to the corresponding functions in routine tests.

By implementing the procedure accordingly, the driver is rewarded for being permanently attentive. This gives the driver an incentive to optimize his driving performance and increases safety.

In a further embodiment of the method, the level of experience is downgraded if a time or average time to take control of the vehicle by the driver after the vehicle has been operated by an automated driving function exceeds a predefined time threshold and / or a safety function of the vehicle, in particular a safety stop , is initiated based on the driving behavior of the driver and / or an automated driving function is activated by the driver if the driver is drowsy and / or traffic rules are not observed by the driver and / or a usage time or an average usage time of one or more automated driving functions is a predefined value falls below and / or the driver tries to activate an automated driving function outside of your application area.

In addition, the level of experience can be downgraded if, based on an evaluation of the driver's line of sight and the current traffic situation, it is determined that the driver has carried out a driving maneuver without sufficient visual knowledge of his surroundings. For example, if he has changed lanes without having sufficient knowledge of whether another vehicle is or could have been in the adjacent lane to which the driver has changed. In particular, received environmental data of the surroundings of the vehicle are used for this purpose.

The environment data can be, for example, data of the environment of the automated vehicle recorded by means of a sensor. The sensors can be, for example, sensors of a vehicle, such as video, radar, lidar and / or ultrasonic sensors. It can also be acoustic data from microphones. The sensors can also be attached to other vehicles and / or to infrastructure facilities.

In addition, the environment data can also be data from other road users and / or an external server that has already been evaluated. For example, several data received from this server can already have been aggregated and evaluated on a server.

In general, the level of experience can also be downgraded if the driver tries to deceive the system so that it can also be used under conditions that are not intended. For example, by attempting to manipulate or deceive a sensor that detects a direction in which the driver is looking (for example through appropriately modified glasses or a mask).

• - eine Freigabe oder Einschränkung von definierten Streckenabschnitte und/oder Straßentypen
• - und/oder ein Zulassen der Aktivierung der Unterstützungsfunktion bei größeren oder kleineren Kurvenradien
• - und/oder das Verlängern oder Verkürzen von zulässigen Zeitspannen, zu denen ein Fahrer während einer aktivierten automatisierten Fahrfunktion die Hände vom Lenkrad nehmen darf
• - und/oder eine Erhöhung oder Verkleinerung des von der automatisierten Fahrfunktion ausnutzbaren Lenkmoments
• - und/oder eine Anpassung von zulässigen Zeitspannen, in welchen der Fahrer bei aktivierter Unterstützungsfunktionen seinen Blick von der Straße abwenden darf
• - und/oder eine Erhöhung oder Herabstufung einer Längs- und/oder Querdynamik des Fahrzeugs.

In a further embodiment of the method, the adaptation of the automated driving function comprises

• - A release or restriction of defined route sections and / or road types
• - and / or allowing the activation of the support function for larger or smaller curve radii
• - and / or the lengthening or shortening of permissible periods of time at which a driver is allowed to take his hands off the steering wheel during an activated automated driving function
• and / or an increase or decrease in the steering torque that can be used by the automated driving function
• and / or an adaptation of permissible time spans in which the driver may avert his gaze from the road when the support functions are activated
• and / or an increase or decrease in a longitudinal and / or transverse dynamics of the vehicle.

The adjustment of the steering torque has an impact on how high the lane keeping accuracy of the system is, especially when cornering. By increasing the permissible steering torque, a larger number of route sections with an activated support system can consequently be traveled on. The same applies to an adaptation of the transverse dynamics. When adjusting the longitudinal dynamics, for example, more dynamic overtaking maneuvers, lane changes and / or drives onto different types of roads, for example via an acceleration lane or from standing in front of a traffic light or a stop sign, can take place.

In a further embodiment of the method, the driver is assigned a predefined experience level based on his level of experience. The activation and / or adaptation of the driver support function takes place in particular based on the level of experience.

If this reward system is correctly applied to driving functions or assistance systems, experienced and responsible drivers receive increased benefits from the assistance systems. This increases their attractiveness.

In a further embodiment of the method, this includes the additional step of providing a signal for acoustic and / or visual display of the current experience level and / or experience level and / or an experience distance to a next higher or next lower experience level for the driver.

This embodiment of the method offers the advantage that the driver is informed about his current level of experience and, if necessary, its change while driving. This gives him direct feedback, which increases the motivation to achieve new, in particular improved, levels of experience and / or levels. In addition, customer satisfaction and the acceptance of such driving functions increases.

In a further embodiment of the method, the driver is identified based on received signals from an interior camera and / or a fingerprint sensor and / or a force sensor.

These sensors are ideal for recording biometric features and enable the driver to be identified quickly and reliably.

The approach presented here also creates a device which is designed to carry out, control or implement the steps of a variant of a method presented here in corresponding devices. The object on which the invention is based can also be achieved quickly and efficiently by means of this embodiment variant of the invention in the form of a device.

For this purpose, the device can have at least one processing unit for processing signals or data, at least one memory unit for storing signals or data, at least one interface to a sensor or an actuator for reading in sensor signals from the sensor or for outputting data or control signals to the Have actuator and / or at least one communication interface for reading in or outputting data, which are embedded in a communication protocol. The computing unit can be, for example, a signal processor, a microcontroller or the like, wherein the storage unit can be a flash memory, an EEPROM or a magnetic storage unit. The communication interface can be designed to read in or output data wirelessly and / or wired, a communication interface that can read in or output wired data, for example, can read this data electrically or optically from a corresponding data transmission line or output it into a corresponding data transmission line.

In the present case, a device can be understood to mean an electrical device that processes sensor signals and outputs control and / or data signals as a function thereof. The device can have an interface which can be designed in terms of hardware and / or software. In the case of a hardware design, the interfaces can be part of a so-called system ASIC, for example, which contains a wide variety of functions of the device. However, it is also possible that the interfaces are separate, integrated circuits or at least partially consist of discrete components. In the case of a software-based design, the interfaces can be software modules that are present, for example, on a microcontroller alongside other software modules.

A computer program with program code, which can be stored on a machine-readable carrier or storage medium such as a semiconductor memory, a hard disk memory or an optical memory and is used to carry out, implement and / or control the steps of the method according to one of the embodiments described above, is also advantageous especially if the program product or program is executed on a computer or device.

A machine-readable storage medium is also claimed on which this computer program is stored.

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Embodiments

The automation of a vehicle can be divided into different levels. A well-known classification is the SAE level (SAE J3016), which assigns automation levels from 0 (no automation) to 5 (full automation). Level 2 systems, in which the driver bears full responsibility, are already back in serial production in vehicles.

• - Erweiterung des bestimmungsgemäßen Gebrauchs, z.B. die Erlaubnis die Hände vom Lenkrad zu nehmen („hands-free“)
• - Die Optimierung der Systeme hin zu menschlichem Fahrverhalten

The high complexity of systems with an SAE level greater than or equal to 3 and their approval in the field has led to the fact that these systems are not yet available for sale worldwide. This is one of the reasons why the development of level 2 systems continues to gain in importance, as the driver still bears complete responsibility and must be ready to take on the driving task at all times. The aim of this level 2 development is to support the driver more and more in his driving task. Two essential characteristics are:

• - Extension of the intended use, e.g. permission to take your hands off the steering wheel ("hands-free")
• - The optimization of the systems towards human driving behavior

The correct design of such extended level 2 systems is still a challenge from the approval point of view. This is due to the fact that the functional design must assume that the driver takes his hands off the steering wheel permanently and (although he is responsible ) potentially required a little longer in the takeover case than in the "hands-on" case. For a safe design, controllability studies are typically carried out in advance, in which errors are shown to drivers on a test site under different conditions and it is recorded whether the driver has mastered the corresponding situation (or not). An attentive and good driver can handle more critical situations better than a distracted or inexperienced driver.

The final design is generally based on the worst driver, which is why the series system designs are very conservative. This becomes noticeable, for example, through a stronger limitation of the steering torque or in restrictions of the ODD (Operational Design Domain). The latter leads, for example, to the function being discarded for takeover in front of curves with radii that are smaller than a predefined limit radius and the driver is requested to take over.

The aim of the method disclosed here is to enable individual adaptation, in particular of level 2 systems, in accordance with the user behavior of the driver, without increasing the risk in road traffic. In addition, drivers are to be slowly introduced to level 2 systems, which implicitly provides training for driving with such systems. As a result, the customer benefits of Level 2 systems can also be adapted during operation without additional risks in road traffic. At the same time, the driver receives feedback on his user behavior and is thereby trained to become a professional driver using driving functions and / or driver assistance functions, in particular level 2 functions.

In a first exemplary embodiment, a partially automated vehicle is equipped with a number of environment sensors, including cameras, lidar, radar, ultrasonic sensors and microphones, and an interior camera. The vehicle includes several driver assistance systems that support the driver in operating the vehicle with longitudinal and simultaneous lateral guidance. Among other things, the vehicle has a Hands-Free Highway Assistant, which automatically continues to steer the vehicle even when the steering wheel is released (regulation of longitudinal and lateral dynamics). The vehicle is operated here by one or more control units based on data recorded by means of the environment sensors.

In the first exemplary embodiment, a driver gets into the above-mentioned vehicle in which the in 1 outlined method for activating and / or adapting an automated driving function runs, which in step 101 starts.

In step 102 the driver is identified. For this purpose, image data captured by the driver using the interior camera are evaluated. The boarded driver is identified based on the result.

In step 103 the driver's level of experience is checked based on the identification of the driver. For this purpose, this level of experience is retrieved from an in-vehicle database that is regularly synchronized with an online database.

Based on the result of the test of the level of experience takes place in step 104 activation and / or adaptation of the automated driving functions of the vehicle. In this Embodiment, the driver has already reached the highest possible level of experience, so that the full functionality of the automation of the vehicle is available to seduce. Compared to the functionalities available upon delivery, the experienced driver can use the existing driving functions at higher speeds, with smaller curve radii and on all sections of the route that can be controlled by the system.

The process ends in step 105 .

In a further exemplary embodiment, in the identification step, a new driver for whom no information about driving experience with automated driving functions is available is recognized. In the checking step, this driver is therefore assigned a very low level of starting experience. The driver assistance functions that are available to this driver are designed in such a way that they ensure safe operation even when the driving functions are used for the first time. For this purpose, for example, the times in which the driver can take their hands off the steering wheel when the hands-free function is activated are limited. In addition, the driver's attention is monitored during operation without contact to the steering wheel according to very strict specifications, with a warning to increase attention being issued for more than two seconds if the driver is inattentive / averted their gaze from the road ahead. If the attention requirements are repeatedly disregarded, control is returned to the driver and the function is deactivated for a predefined period of time.

In a further exemplary embodiment, a vehicle with a conservative (and therefore risk-minimized) level 2 design goes into series production. As soon as a driver gets into the vehicle, he is classified (optionally anonymized) as an individual driver. Each driver is individually and permanently observed, analyzed and assessed when using an assistance function of the vehicle by the sensors available in the vehicle. If the driver uses the function in the sense of the intended use in the series configuration, plus points are collected, which increases the level of experience. If, however, mistakes are made, points are deducted, which results in a reduction in the level of experience. In addition, the general driving behavior without the assistance function can optionally be used. The time for how long a driver has used an assistance function is also optionally included. Long periods of use can accelerate the collection of points, while short periods of use can have a braking effect.

Depending on the level of experience, the driver can achieve different levels of experience in this embodiment. The assistance functions are enabled or adjusted depending on the driver's current level of experience. The driver is rewarded in predefined levels and not continuously.

The system is designed in such a way that when a certain number of points is reached, an experience level that has already been reached is maintained. If you achieve a further number of points, a higher level can be achieved. With each level increase, either additional features are activated and / or the functional benefits of the assistance functions are increased. If not enough points are collected in a predefined period of time, the level can optionally be downgraded. A time period is, for example, a fixed usage time for the assistance function.

In 2 an example of an HMI version is shown. in the 2 a) 700 points were collected, for example (area 201 ) and still need to 300 Points can be collected in 3 hours of assistance (area 202 ) to level 2 (BRONZE, 203 ) to keep. To reach level 3 ( 204 ) are after reaching level 2 ( 203 ) another 400 points are necessary.

In 2 B) was already level 3 (SILVER, 204 ) achieved (level of experience 205 exceeds the required value to get level 3) and the user needs approx. 400 more points within a further 5 hours of assistance in order to reach the next level (level 4, 206 ) to reach. In this exemplary embodiment, these values are shown to the user via a display.

As in the case described, the change in the assistance behavior can take place in stages; alternatively, continuous adaptation is also conceivable.

The driver is informed transparently how he can collect points (or how he can lose them). This is possible on the one hand through a manual, on the other hand this is clearly communicated via an HMI interface. There is also a detailed explanation of the effect an upgrade or downgrade has on the corresponding driver assistance function.

• • Freischaltung weiterer Straßentypen
• • Zulassung kleinerer Kurvenradien
• • Freischaltung längerer Hands-Off Zeiten
• • Erhöhung des Lenkmoments (und damit der Spurhaltegenauigkeit)
• • Erhöhung der Eyes-Off Zeiten
• • Erhöhung der Längs- und/oder Querdynamik.

In this exemplary embodiment, one takes place depending on the level reached

• • Activation of further street types
• • Approval of smaller curve radii
• • Activation of longer hands-off times
• • Increase in the steering torque (and thus the lane keeping accuracy)
• • Increase in the eyes-off times
• • Increase in longitudinal and / or transverse dynamics.

• • Regelmäßige Nutzung
• • Dauer der Nutzung
• • Kurze Übernahmezeiten
• • Nutzung nicht bei Müdigkeit
• • Einhaltung der Verkehrsregeln, insbesondere der zulässigen Geschwindigkeit und dem Rechtsüberholverbot
• • Nichtausreizung der erlaubten Eyes-Off Zeiten
• • Nutzung des Seitenspiegels/Schulterblick bei Spurwechsel erhöht werden.

Points can go through here

• • Regular use
• • Duration of use
• • Short takeover times
• • Do not use when you are tired
• • Compliance with the traffic rules, especially the speed limit and the no right to overtake
• • Failure to exhaust the permitted eyes-off times
• • Use of the side mirror / over the shoulder should be increased when changing lanes.

• • Übernahmezeiten, die eine vordefinierten Zeitdauer überschreiten
• • Einer Provokation eine Safe-Stops / Nothaltemanövers
• • Nutzung der Assistenzfunktion bei Müdigkeit
• • Nicht-Einhaltung der Verkehrsregeln
• • Wenig Nutzung der Assistenzfunktion
• • Keine Rundumsicht gewichtet mit der aktuellen Verkehrssituation
• • Misuse Erkennung
• • Aktivierungsversuch außerhalb ODD.

A point reduction takes place at

• • Takeover times that exceed a predefined period of time
• • A provocation of a safe stop / emergency stop maneuver
• • Use of the assistance function when you are tired
• • Failure to comply with traffic rules
• • Little use of the assistance function
• • No all-round view weighted with the current traffic situation
• • Misuse detection
• • Attempt to activate outside of ODD.

The idea behind this process is based on the game industry, frequent flyer cards or the “gamification” of fitness applications. If this reward system is correctly applied to assistance systems, experienced and responsible drivers can soon look forward to "working out" further benefits of assistance systems in their vehicles.

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Claims (13)

A method for activating and / or adapting an automated driving function, in particular a driver assistance function, for an at least partially automated vehicle, comprising the steps: - Identifying (102) a driver; - Checking (103) a level of experience of the identified driver; - Enabling and / or adapting (104) the automated driving function based on the driver's level of experience. Procedure according to Claim 1 , with the additional step of adapting the level of experience during and / or following a trip by the driver with the vehicle. Procedure according to Claim 2 , the level of experience being increased if the driver regularly uses an automated driving function and / or has used an automated driving function for longer than a predefined period of time and / or a time or average time for the driver to take control of the vehicle after the vehicle has been operated falls below a predefined time threshold through an automated driving function and / or the driver does not use an automated driving function if the driver is drowsy and / or the driver complies with the traffic rules, in particular speed limits and overtaking bans, and / or the driver has a side mirror Uses lane change and / or looks over the shoulder. Method according to one of the Claims 2 or 3 with the additional step of monitoring the direction of view of the driver when the driving function is activated, with the level of experience being adjusted as a function of the monitoring. Procedure according to Claim 4 , the level of experience being increased if the driver's line of sight is directed away from the road for a predefined period of time no longer than a predefined time threshold value. Method according to one of the Claims 2 to 5 , the level of experience is downgraded if a time or average time to take control of the vehicle by the driver after the operation of the vehicle by an automated driving function exceeds a predefined time threshold and / or safety functions of the vehicle, in particular a safety stop, based on the driving behavior of the Driver are initiated and / or an automated driving function is activated by the driver when the driver is tired and / or traffic rules are not observed by the driver and / or a period of use or an average period of use of one or more automated driving functions falls below a predefined value and / or the Driver tries to activate an automated driving function outside of your application area. In addition, the level of experience can be downgraded if, based on an evaluation of the driver's line of sight and the current traffic situation, it is determined that the driver has carried out a driving maneuver without sufficient visual knowledge of his surroundings. Has carried out a lane change, for example, without having sufficient knowledge of whether another vehicle is or could have been in the adjacent lane to which the driver has changed. In general, the level of experience can also be downgraded if the driver tries to deceive the system so that it can also be used under conditions that are not intended. For example, by attempting to manipulate or deceive a sensor that detects the driver's line of sight (for example through appropriately modified glasses or a mask). Method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the adaptation of the automated driving function - a release or restriction of defined route sections and / or road types - and / or allowing the activation of the support function for larger or smaller curve radii - and / or the lengthening or shortening of permissible ones Time periods at which a driver is allowed to take his hands off the steering wheel during an activated automated driving function - and / or an increase or decrease in the steering torque that can be used by the automated driving function - and / or an adjustment of permissible time periods in which the driver is allowed to act with activated support functions May avert your view from the road - and / or include an increase or decrease in the longitudinal and / or transverse dynamics of the vehicle. The adjustment of the steering torque has an impact on how high the lane keeping accuracy of the system is, especially when cornering. By increasing the permissible steering torque, a larger number of route sections with an activated support system can consequently be traveled on. The same applies to an adaptation of the transverse dynamics. With an adaptation of the longitudinal dynamics, more dynamic overtaking maneuvers, lane changes and / or driveways can occur, for example different road types, for example via an acceleration lane or from standing in front of a traffic light or a stop sign. Method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the driver is assigned a predefined experience level based on his level of experience and the activation and / or adjustment of the driver support function takes place based on the experience level. Method according to one of the preceding claims with the additional step of providing a signal for acoustic and / or visual display of the current level of experience and / or experience level and / or an experience distance to a next higher or next lower experience level for the driver. Method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the identification of the driver takes place based on received signals from an interior camera and / or a fingerprint sensor and / or a force sensor. Device that is set up, a method according to one of the Claims 1 to 10 to execute. Computer program, comprising instructions which cause the computer program to be executed by a computer, a method according to one of the Claims 1 to 10 to execute. Machine-readable storage medium on which the computer program is based Claim 12 is stored.

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