Device and method for warning a driver of a vehicle
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorMichael Kopp
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Abstract
A device and a method for warning a driver of a vehicle. The vehicle includes one or multiple surroundings sensor(s) that detect objects in the vehicle surroundings, and an evaluation device is provided in which a surroundings model is created from the object detections by the one or multiple surroundings sensor(s). Also provided is an actuator system that informs the driver of recognized objects of the surroundings model, in that the actuator system for informing the driver contains a piece of spatial warning information, and the driver is haptically informed of the position of the object.
Claims12
1-11. (canceled)
A device for warning a driver of a vehicle, the vehicle including one or multiple surroundings sensor(s) that detect objects in the vehicle surroundings, the device comprising:
- an evaluation device configured to create a surroundings model from the object detections by the one or multiple surroundings sensor(s);
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- an actuator system configured to inform the driver of recognized objects of the surroundings model, wherein the actuator system for informing the driver contains a piece of spatial warning information and haptically informs the driver of a position of at least one of the recognized objects.
A method for warning a driver of a vehicle, the method comprising the following steps:
- detecting objects in surroundings of the vehicle using one or multiple surroundings sensor(s);
- creating a surroundings model from the object detections using an evaluation device;
- generating actuator signals that inform the driver of recognized objects as a function of the recognized objects of the surroundings model;
- activating an actuator system to provide the driver with a piece of haptic information about a spatial direction, wherein the actuator system is activated by the actuator signals in such a way that the driver is haptically informed of a position of at least one of the recognized objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.