Providing advance warning of braking through early illumination of a brake light
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsMartin Richter, Troy A. McCormick, Christopher J. Kelly, Courtney L. Lawson
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Abstract
A system for providing advance warning of braking through early illumination of a brake light. The system includes a first electronic processor. The first electronic processor is configured to determine a braking event is likely to occur and, in response to determining that the braking event is likely to occur, generate a forward collision warning, a prefill request, or both and, prior to generating the forward collision warning, the prefill request, or both, generate a request to illuminate a brake light.
Claims16
A system for providing advance warning of braking through early illumination of a brake light, the system comprising:
- a first electronic processor, the first electronic processor configured to:
- determine a braking event is likely to occur;
- and
- in response to determining that the braking event is likely to occur,
- generate a forward collision warning, a prefill request, or both;
- and
- prior to generating the forward collision warning, the prefill request, or both, generate a request to illuminate a brake light.
A method for providing advance warning of braking through early illumination of a brake light, the method comprising:
- determining, with a first electronic processor, a braking event is likely to occur;
- and
- in response to determining that the braking event is likely to occur,
- generating, with the first electronic processor, a forward collision warning, a prefill request, or both;
- and
- after generating the forward collision warning, the prefill request, or both, generating, with the first electronic processor, a request to illuminate a brake light.
A method for providing advance warning of braking through early illumination of a brake light, the method comprising:
- generating, with a first electronic processor, a forward collision warning, a prefill request, or both;
- and
- after generating the forward collision warning, the prefill request, or both, generating, with the first electronic processor, a request to illuminate a brake light of a vehicle when a request to autonomously brake the vehicle is generated.
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