Collision monitoring for a motor vehicle

A device for collision monitoring for a motor vehicle, comprising:

• at least one object sensor to monitor a surrounding area of the motor vehicle;
• a control unit of the motor vehicle which is configured to:
• provide information on a position and direction of motion of at least one object located in the surrounding area;
• provide vehicle information which indicates at least one position of a vehicle component of the motor vehicle;
• and
• based on the vehicle information, determine whether any of the at least one object is a component of the motor vehicle, the any of the at least one object determined to be a component of the motor vehicle being designated as a non-risk object;
• and
• a signaling device configured to, conditional upon that the at least one object includes an object (a) not designated as a non-risk object and (b) recognized based on the information on position and direction of motion to be approaching the motor vehicle, signal a collision risk.

A non-transitive computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions executable by a data processing device, the instructions which when executed by the data processing device, cause the data processing device to perform a collision monitoring method, the collision monitoring method comprising:

• providing information on a position and direction of motion of at least one object located at least partially in the surrounding area;
• providing vehicle information which indicates at least one position of a component of the motor vehicle;
• based on the vehicle information, determining whether any of the at least one object is a component of the motor vehicle, the any of the at least one object determined to be a component of the motor vehicle being designated as a non-risk object;
• and
• conditional upon that the at least one object includes an object (a) not designated as a non-risk object and (b) recognized based on the information on position and direction of motion to be approaching the motor vehicle, signaling a collision risk.