Method and device for assisting a driver
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorAlfred Kuttenberger
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Abstract
A method for assisting a driver of a two-wheeled vehicle. The method includes sensing and evaluating a driving environment of the motorcycle as a function of a driving state of the motorcycle, especially an inclination of the motorcycle, in order to detect objects in the driving environment; determining a hazard potential as a function of the detected objects and the driving state; and warning the driver and/or triggering a driver assistance system and/or a vehicle safety system of the motorcycle as a function of the determined hazard potential.
Claims18
A method for assisting a driver of a two-wheeled vehicle, which is a motorcycle, comprising:
- sensing and evaluating a driving environment of the motorcycle as a function of a driving state of the motorcycle to detect an object in the driving environment, the driving state including an inclination of the motorcycle;
- determining a hazard potential as a function of the detected object and the driving state;
- and
- at least one of:
- i) warning the driver as a function of the determined hazard potential, and ii) triggering a driver assistance system and/or a vehicle safety system of the motorcycle as a function of the determined hazard potential;
- wherein in the determining, trajectories of the detected objects are ascertained, and the hazard potential of the objects is determined as a function of the ascertained trajectories, a prediction of the inclination being taken into account for ascertaining the trajectory.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program, which is executable by a processor, comprising:
- a program code arrangement having program code for assisting a driver of a two-wheeled vehicle, which is a motorcycle, by performing the following:
- sensing and evaluating a driving environment of the motorcycle as a function of a driving state of the motorcycle to detect an object in the driving environment, the driving state including an inclination of the motorcycle;
- determining a hazard potential as a function of the detected object and the driving state;
- and
- at least one of:
- i) warning the driver as a function of the determined hazard potential, and ii) triggering a driver assistance system and/or a vehicle safety system of the motorcycle as a function of the determined hazard potential;
- wherein in the determining, trajectories of the detected objects are ascertained, and the hazard potential of the objects is determined as a function of the ascertained trajectories, a prediction of the inclination being taken into account for ascertaining the trajectory.
A device for assisting a driver of a two-wheeled vehicle, which is a motorcycle, comprising:
- an assistance unit configured to perform the following:
- sense and evaluate a driving environment of the motorcycle as a function of a driving state of the motorcycle to detect an object in the driving environment, the driving state including an inclination of the motorcycle;
- determine a hazard potential as a function of the detected object and the driving state;
- and
- at least one of:
- i) warning the driver as a function of the determined hazard potential, and ii) triggering a driver assistance system and/or a vehicle safety system of the motorcycle as a function of the determined hazard potential;
- wherein in the determining, trajectories of the detected objects are ascertained, and the hazard potential of the objects is determined as a function of the ascertained trajectories, a prediction of the inclination being taken into account for ascertaining the trajectory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.