System and method for providing well distinguishable warning levels for obstacles in different visibility areas in the vicinity of a vehicle
AssigneeKNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
InventorsGabor Seres, Benedek Szücs, Mate Kovacs-Nagy
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Abstract
A driver assistance system for a vehicle and a method are provided, being adapted to provide alerts to a driver in certain situations, e.g. if a foreign object is invisible for the driver or if there is an increased danger for a collision. The alert level is adapted to depend on the position and/or the direction of movement of the at least one foreign object and/or the direction of movement of the vehicle, which are measured by at least one sensor.
Claims13
A driver assistance system for a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one sensor to monitor a vicinity of the vehicle;
- a control unit to process data of the at least one sensor to identify a foreign object;
- and
- an alert unit to alert a driver of the vehicle in case of a potential collision with the foreign object;
- wherein the alert unit is adapted to select and output different levels of an alert, wherein the alert level depends on:
- (i) a position of the foreign object, and/or a motion of the foreign object, and/or a direction of movement of the foreign object, and (ii) a motion of the vehicle and/or direction of movement of the vehicle;
- wherein the alert unit is adapted to output a low level alert when the foreign object is visible to the driver, to output a high level alert when the foreign object is invisible to the driver, and to output a medium level alert when the foreign object is indirectly visible to the driver.
A method for warning of potential collisions of a vehicle with at least one foreign object, the method comprising:
- monitoring a vicinity of the vehicle by at least one sensor;
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- processing, via a control unit, data of the at least one sensor and evaluating object information of a foreign object in the vicinity of the vehicle, wherein the object information includes a position of the foreign object and/or a motion of the foreign object and/or motion direction of the foreign object,
- wherein an alert unit is adapted to select and output different levels of an alert, wherein the alert level depends on:
- (i) the position of the foreign object and/or the direction of movement of the foreign object, and (ii) a direction of movement of the vehicle;
- wherein the alert unit is adapted to output a low level alert when the foreign object is visible to the driver, to output a high level alert when the foreign object is invisible to the driver, and to output a medium level alert when the foreign object is indirectly visible to the driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.