Method for detection of an object near a road user

Method for recognizing an object in the vicinity of a first road user using a device for recognizing the object which is carried along by the first or a second road user, the device comprising a sensor unit configured to detect objects in a vicinity of the road user, an object recognition unit configured for object recognition of objects detected with the sensor unit, a memory unit configured for storing recognized objects in an object list, and a transmission unit configured for transmitting the object list, the method comprising the step of:

• detecting objects in an environment of the first road user with the sensor unit of the device,
• recognizing the objects detected by the sensor unit with the object recognition unit of the device,
• storing data regarding the detected objects in the object list with the memory unit of the device,
• transferring the object list with the transfer unit of the device to a data cloud,
• determining a position of the first road user,
• transmitting the position of the first road user to the data cloud,
• identifying the object near the first road user in the data cloud using the object list,
• transmitting the position and an object type of the identified object from the data cloud to a mobile device of the first road user;
• and
• displaying the object and its position on the mobile device of the first road user,
• wherein the mobile device is a smartphone, or a tablet or notebook computer, wherein the transmission unit communicates with the mobile device via a Bluetooth link, or a WLAN link,
• wherein the device is arranged at a bicycle.