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.
Claims16
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 at least one potential foreign object;
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- an alert unit to alert a driver of the vehicle in case of a potential collision with an foreign object;
- wherein the alert unit is adapted to select and output different levels of an alert, wherein the alert level depends on a position, a motion and/or a direction of movement of the at least one foreign object and/or the motion and/or direction of movement of the vehicle.
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 evaluates object information of at least one foreign object, wherein the object information includes a position, a motion and/or motion direction of the at least one foreign object in the vicinity of the vehicle,
- wherein an alert unit is adapted to select and output different levels of an alert, wherein the alert level depends on the position and/or the direction of movement of at least one foreign object and/or the direction of movement of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.