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AssigneeHochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarland
InventorsJoerg Hoffmann, Michael Kirjanov, Benjamin Lang
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Warning a two-wheeled vehicle driver, in particular a motorcyclist or cyclist, of a collision with a vehicle approaching the two-wheeled vehicle from a rearward space, is accomplished using a sensor device for capturing objects in the rearward space. In one embodiment, one of the sensors is provided for capturing objects in a close rearward range, which, in particular for the two-wheeled vehicle driver, is in the blind sport, and a further one of the sensors is arranged for capturing objects in a far rearward range, which in particular extends up to 50 m away from the two-wheeled vehicle.
An apparatus for warning a two-wheeled vehicle driver, in particular a motorcyclist or cyclist, of a collision with a vehicle approaching the two-wheeled vehicle from a rearward space, comprising a sensor device for capturing objects in the rearward space, characterized in that the sensor device has at least two sensors arranged for capturing objects in different areas of the rearward space.
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