Weather-dependent driver assistance system
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorRavi Shankar SIVAKUMAR
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Abstract
A control system (200) for a vehicle (1), the control system comprising one or more controllers (201), wherein the control system is configured to: receive (402) information indicative of a weather condition; and in dependence on the information indicative of a weather condition, modify (406) at least one spatial range parameter of a driver assistance system configured to monitor other road users.
Claims21
A control system for a vehicle, the control system comprising one or more controllers, wherein the control system is configured to:
- receive information indicative of a weather condition;
- and
- in dependence on the information indicative of a weather condition, modify at least one spatial range parameter of a driver assistance system configured to monitor other road users,
- wherein the driver assistance system comprises a blind spot monitoring function and the at least one spatial range parameter comprises an exit condition range for ending a blind spot monitoring action, and
- wherein the control system is configured, in dependence on the information indicating an adverse weather condition, to move the exit condition range to a point at which the rear of a passing road user no longer overlaps the vehicle when viewed in a lateral direction.
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A control system for a vehicle, the control system comprising one or more controllers, wherein the control system is configured to:
- receive information indicative of a weather condition;
- and
- in dependence on the information indicative of a weather condition, modify at least one spatial range parameter of a driver assistance system configured to monitor other road users, wherein the at least one spatial range parameter comprises a trigger range for triggering an action based on a detected range of another road user, wherein the control system is configured to increase the trigger range in dependence on the information indicating an adverse weather condition, and not increase the trigger range in dependence on the information not indicating an adverse weather condition, wherein the driver assistance system comprises a pre-crash function and wherein the action comprises at least one of:
- a collision avoidance action;
- or
- a collision mitigation action.
A method of controlling a driver assistance system of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving information indicative of a weather condition;
- and
- in dependence on the information indicative of a weather condition, modifying at least one spatial range parameter of a driver assistance system configured to monitor other road users, wherein the driver assistance system comprises a blind spot monitoring function,
- wherein the at least one spatial range parameter comprises an exit condition range for ending a blind spot monitoring action, and
- wherein modifying said at least one spatial range parameter comprises, in dependence on the information indicating an adverse weather condition, moving the exit condition range to a point at which the rear of a passing road user no longer overlaps the vehicle when viewed in the lateral direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.