The invention relates to a method (20) for the targeted transitory sleep of a driver (34) in an at least partially autonomous vehicle (30), at least one physiological parameter being measured by meansof at least one sensor during sleep in a sleep phase in order to determine the sleep depth of the driver (34). Furthermore, the driver (34) is awakened at a specified point in time, said point in time requiring takeover of manual vehicle guidance by the driver (34) depending on an autonomous vehicle guidance immediately following the vehicle (30) and being specified taking into account the at least one physiological parameter.
Method for targeted transient sleep of driver