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AssigneeDaimler AG
InventorsStefan Hahn, Tobias Ehlgen, Markus Glaser, Thomas Ruland
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The invention relates to a method and a device for assisting a driver when maneuvering a vehicle or vehicle-trailer combination (1) which has vehicle elements (2, 3) which can move with respect to one another. The method provides that the vehicle or vehicle-trailer combination is/are displayed in the straight-ahead position on a display unit (A) using a static display element (4) which corresponds to the straight-ahead position of the vehicle elements (2, 3) and in addition respectively using a dynamic display element (6, 7) which is assigned to the respective vehicle element (2, 3) and is determined as a function of an instantaneous or future position of the vehicle elements (2, 3) which can move with respect to one another. In this context, the dynamic display elements (6, 7) are displayed enhanced multiply and highlighted in terms of color.
A method for assisting a driver when maneuvering a vehicle or vehicle-trailer combination (1) which has a plurality of vehicle elements (2, 3) which can move with respect to one another, comprising:
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Steering specially adapted for trailers: for backing a normally drawn trailer
Parking aids, e.g. instruction means: by overlaying a vehicle path based on present steering angle over an image without processing that image
Parking aids, e.g. instruction means: guided parking by providing commands to the driver, e.g. acoustically or optically
Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00: head-up displays
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The invention relates to a method and a device for assisting a driver when maneuvering a vehicle or vehicle-trailer combination which has a plurality of vehicle elements which can move with respect to one another.
Various methods and devices for assisting a driver when maneuvering vehicles or vehicle-trailer combinations, in particular utility vehicles, are known from the prior art.
Therefore, for example reversing in a straight line proves difficult with vehicles or vehicle-trailer combinations which have vehicle elements which can move with respect to one another. This is due to steering movements since a very small steering movement results in a trailer or semitrailer veering away.
Exemplary embodiments will be explained in more detail on the basis of drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a vehicle or vehicle-trailer combination having a static display element which runs in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle or vehicle-trailer combination and corresponds to the central axis, and
FIG. 2 shows a further schematic illustration of a vehicle in a straight-ahead position with dynamic display elements.
Parts which respond to one another are provided with the same reference symbols in all the figures.
FIG. 1 shows a possible image which is output schematically on a display unit A, with a vehicle or vehicle-trailer combination 1 (referred to below for short as vehicle 1) which is illustrated, for example, in the form of outlines. The image shows the vehicle 1 with a straight-ahead position of vehicles elements 2, 3 which can bend with respect to one another.
In order to indicate the straight-ahead position of all the vehicle elements 2, 3 of vehicle 1, a static display element 4, for example as illustrated a dashed line, is output and displayed superimposed on the outlines of the vehicle 1 in the image which is output. The static display element 4, for example a dashed line, preferably runs in the longitudinal extent of the displayed vehicle 1 along its central axis.