Method for monitoring a surrounding area of a vehicle-trailer combination, monitoring device, driver assistance system and vehicle-trailer combination
AssigneeValeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
InventorsTobias Geiger, Gerald Koudijs
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method for monitoring a surrounding area (6) of a vehicle-trailer combination (1) formed by a motor vehicle (2) and a trailer (3), with which at least one radar sensor (7) is disposed on a rear area (8) at the trailer (3) for acquiring radar sensor data from the surrounding area (6) behind the trailer (3) and the acquired radar sensor data are transmitted to a controller (10) of the motor vehicle (2). Moreover, the invention concerns a monitoring device (5), a driver assistance system and a vehicle-trailer combination (1).
Claims14
A method for monitoring a surrounding area of a vehicle-trailer combination formed by a motor vehicle and a trailer, comprising
- disposing at least one radar sensor is disposed on a rear area of the trailer for acquiring radar sensor data from the surrounding area behind the trailer and the acquired radar sensor data are transmitted to a controller of the motor vehicle.
A monitoring device for a trailer of a vehicle-trailer combination formed by a motor vehicle and the trailer, the monitoring device being configured to monitor a surrounding area of the vehicle-trailer combination, and which comprises;
- at least one radar sensor mounted on a rear area of the trailer for acquiring radar sensor data from the surrounding area behind the trailer, wherein the at least one radar sensor transmits the acquired radar sensor data to a controller of the motor vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.