Method for assisting a driver in driving the vehicle by activating a lane departure warning system as a function of the direction in which the driver is looking and an assistance system

摘要

The invention relates to a method for assisting a driver (3) when driving a vehicle (1), in which a driver monitoring device (12) detects the driver's (3) viewing direction and sends an activation signal to a control unit (9) of a lane departure warning system (4 ) is transmitted to activate the lane departure warning device (4) if it is recognized by the driver monitoring device (12) that the driver (3) averts his gaze from a lane (5), whereby the vehicle (1) is driven by the activated lane departure warning device (4) is held by lateral guidance in the lane (5), and wherein the control device (9), to which the activation signal is transmitted by means of the driver monitoring device (12), is part of a front camera device (6) of the lane departure warning system (4), whereby the front camera device ( 6) the lane (5) in an environment (8) of the vehicle (1) is recorded.