Vehicle driver assist arrangement
AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorsMatthias Jonsson, Per Landfors
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Abstract
A vehicle driver assist arrangement includes a processor configured to receive road profile data representative of a road profile in front of the vehicle and to receive current vehicle velocity data representative of a current velocity of the vehicle. The processor processes the road profile data to detect if the road in front of the vehicle contains a hidden or at least partially hidden curve, and to communicate with a user interface to issue a warning if a hidden or at least partially hidden curve is detected and the current vehicle velocity exceeds a threshold velocity.
Claims20
A vehicle driver assist arrangement comprising:
- road profile input means for providing road profile data representative of a profile of a road in front of a vehicle;
- current vehicle velocity means for providing current vehicle velocity data representative of a current velocity of the vehicle;
- a user interface;
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- processing means adapted to communicate with the road profile input means, the current vehicle velocity means and the user interface, the processing means configured to receive road profile data representative of a road profile in front of the vehicle from the road profile input means, and to receive current vehicle velocity data representative of a current velocity of the vehicle from the current vehicle velocity means;
- wherein the processing means is further configured to process the road profile data to detect if the road in front of the vehicle contains a hidden or at least partially hidden curve, and to communicate with the user interface to issue a warning if a hidden or at least partially hidden curve is detected and if the current vehicle velocity exceeds a threshold velocity.
A method of assisting a driver of a vehicle using processing means, road profile input means, current vehicle velocity means, and a user interface, the processing means being arranged to communicate with the road profile input means, the current vehicle velocity input means and the user interface, the method comprising;
- receiving, in the processing means, road profile data representative of a road profile in front of the vehicle from the road profile input means;
- receiving, in the processing means, current vehicle velocity data representative of a current vehicle velocity of the vehicle from the current vehicle velocity input means;
- processing the road profile data to detect if the road in front of the vehicle contains a hidden or at least partially hidden curve;
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- issuing a warning, via the user interface, if a hidden or at least partially hidden curve is detected and if the current vehicle velocity exceeds a threshold velocity.
A vehicle driver assist arrangement comprising:
- a road profile input system for providing road profile data representative of a profile of a road in front of a vehicle;
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- a processor configured to receive road profile data representative of a road profile in front of the vehicle from the road profile input means, and to receive current vehicle velocity data representative of a current velocity of the vehicle;
- wherein the processor is further configured to process the road profile data to detect if the road in front of the vehicle contains a hidden or at least partially hidden curve, and to communicate with a user interface to issue a warning if a hidden or at least partially hidden curve is detected and the current vehicle velocity exceeds a threshold velocity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.