Device and method for warning a driver of a vehicle
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorMichael Kopp
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Abstract
A device and a method for warning a driver of a vehicle. The vehicle includes one or multiple surroundings sensor(s) that detect objects in the vehicle surroundings, and an evaluation device is provided in which a surroundings model is created from the object detections by the one or multiple surroundings sensor(s). Also provided is an actuator system that informs the driver of recognized objects of the surroundings model, in that the actuator system for informing the driver contains a piece of spatial warning information, and the driver is haptically informed of the position of the object.
Claims10
A device for warning a driver of a vehicle, the vehicle including multiple surroundings sensors that detect objects in a vehicle surroundings, comprising:
- an evaluation device to create a surroundings model from object detections by the multiple surroundings sensors;
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- an actuator system to inform the driver of recognized objects of the surroundings model, wherein the actuator system for informing the driver contains a piece of spatial warning information and haptically informs the driver of a position of at least one of the recognized objects;
- wherein the multiple surroundings sensors include:
- at least one radar sensor, and/or at least one ultrasonic sensor, and/or at least one LIDAR sensor, and/or at least one video sensor,
- wherein the multiple surroundings sensors further include a surroundings model made up of data from a data cloud that are received via a car-to-X interface in the vehicle, and further include:
- (i) one or multiple surroundings sensor(s) of other vehicles, whose data are received via a car-to-X interface in the vehicle, and/or (ii) one or multiple stationary surroundings sensor(s) that are part of traffic infrastructure and whose data are received via a car-to-X interface in the vehicle,
- wherein a relative position of another vehicle with respect to the vehicle and/or an azimuthal direction of the another vehicle with respect to a vehicle longitudinal axis of the vehicle is ascertained, and signals are generated to haptically inform and/or warn the driver, and
- wherein the actuator system includes a plurality of vibration actuators installed in a spatial arrangement, including in a driver seat, so that a warning direction is formed from a spatial activation of the vibration actuators so as to haptically inform and/or warn the driver of the warning direction.
A method for warning a driver of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting objects in surroundings of the vehicle using multiple surroundings sensors;
- creating a surroundings model from the object detections using an evaluation device;
- generating actuator signals that inform the driver of recognized objects as a function of the recognized objects of the surroundings model;
- activating an actuator system to provide the driver with a piece of haptic information about a spatial direction, wherein the actuator system is activated by the actuator signals so that the driver is haptically informed of a position of at least one of the recognized objects;
- wherein the multiple surroundings sensors include:
- at least one radar sensor, and/or at least one ultrasonic sensor, and/or at least one LIDAR sensor, and/or at least one video sensor,
- wherein the multiple surroundings sensors further include a surroundings model made up of data from a data cloud that are received via a car-to-X interface in the vehicle, and further include:
- (i) one or multiple surroundings sensor(s) of other vehicles, whose data are received via a car-to-X interface in the vehicle, and/or (ii) one or multiple stationary surroundings sensor(s) that are part of traffic infrastructure and whose data are received via a car-to-X interface in the vehicle,
- wherein a relative position of another vehicle with respect to the vehicle and/or an azimuthal direction of the another vehicle with respect to a vehicle longitudinal axis of the vehicle is ascertained, and signals are generated to haptically inform and/or warn the driver, and
- wherein the actuator system includes a plurality of vibration actuators installed in a spatial arrangement, including in a driver seat, so that a warning direction is formed from a spatial activation of the vibration actuators so as to haptically inform and/or warn the driver of the warning direction.
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