Roundabout detecting arrangement
AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorMagnus Brandin
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Abstract
A roundabout detecting arrangement is disclosed configured to detect presence of a roundabout ahead of a vehicle hosting the arrangement. The arrangement includes a preceding vehicle monitoring unit configured to monitor at least one of a lateral movement and a heading direction of a vehicle preceding the host vehicle, and further configured to generate a first signal representative thereof. The arrangement also includes a processing unit configured to detect presence of the roundabout by processing the first signal. The present disclosure also relates to an adaptive cruise control arrangement and a method of detecting the presence of a roundabout.
Claims15
A roundabout detecting arrangement configured to detect a presence of a roundabout ahead of a host vehicle hosting the arrangement, the arrangement comprising:
- a preceding vehicle monitoring unit configured to monitor a movement characteristic of a preceding vehicle, preceding the host vehicle, and further configured to generate a first signal representative thereof;
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- a processing unit configured to detect the presence of the roundabout by processing the first signal, wherein detection of the presence of the roundabout is not dependent on map information.
An adaptive cruise control arrangement comprising:
- a roundabout detecting arrangement configured to detect a presence of a roundabout ahead of a host vehicle hosting the arrangement, the arrangement including
- a preceding vehicle monitoring unit configured to monitor at least one of a lateral movement and a heading direction of a preceding vehicle, preceding the host vehicle, and further configured to generate a first signal representative thereof, and
- a processing unit configured to detect the presence of the roundabout by processing the first signal, wherein detection of the presence of the roundabout is not dependent on map information.
A method of detecting a presence of a roundabout ahead of a host vehicle, the method comprising:
- monitoring a movement characteristic of a preceding vehicle, preceding the host vehicle, using a roundabout detecting arrangement hosted in the host vehicle, the arrangement including a preceding vehicle monitoring unit and a processing unit;
- generating, using the preceding vehicle monitoring unit, a first signal representative of the movement characteristic of the preceding vehicle monitored;
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- detecting the presence of the roundabout by processing the first signal, using the processing unit, wherein detecting the presence of the roundabout is not dependent on map information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.