Collision avoidance for a motor vehicle
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsFolko Flehmig, Christian Braeuchle
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Abstract
A method for determining a driving maneuver for a motor vehicle includes the steps of ascertaining an imminent accident with an external object, ascertaining characteristic variables for accident damages in different driving maneuvers and determining the driving maneuver whose characteristic variable is indicative of the least accident damage.
Claims19
A method for determining a driving maneuver for a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting at least one external object;
- ascertaining whether an accident, in which the motor vehicle is to collide with the detected external object, is imminent;
- responsive to ascertaining that the accident is imminent:
- assigning a plurality of characteristic variables, each characteristic variable indicating a probability of accident damage, to a corresponding driving maneuver of the motor vehicle from a set of different driving maneuvers available for the motor vehicle;
- selecting, from the set of different driving maneuvers, a driving maneuver assigned to a characteristic variable that is indicative of the least accident damage;
- and
- controlling the motor vehicle to carry out the selected driving maneuver,
- wherein the set of different driving maneuvers includes at least an instantaneous driving maneuver and an additional driving maneuver.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer program, which is executable by a processor, comprising:
- a program code arrangement having program code for determining a driving maneuver for a motor vehicle, by performing the following:
- ascertaining an imminent accident in which the motor vehicle is to collide with a detected external object;
- assigning a plurality of characteristic variables, each characteristic variable indicating a probability of accident damage, to a corresponding driving maneuver of the motor vehicle from a set of different driving maneuvers available for the motor vehicle;
- selecting, from the set of different driving maneuvers, a driving maneuver assigned to a characteristic variable that is indicative of the least accident damage;
- and
- controlling the motor vehicle to carry out the selected driving maneuver,
- wherein the set of different driving maneuvers includes at least an instantaneous driving maneuver and an additional driving maneuver.
A device for determining a driving maneuver for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a detection unit for detecting an external object;
- a processing unit for selecting the driving maneuver for the motor vehicle, by performing the following:
- ascertaining an imminent accident in which the motor vehicle is to collide with the external object,
- assigning a plurality of characteristic variables, each characteristic variable indicating a probability of accident damage, to a corresponding driving maneuver of the motor vehicle from a set of different driving maneuvers available for the motor vehicle, and
- selecting, from the set of different driving maneuvers, a driving maneuver assigned to a characteristic variable that is indicative of the least accident damage;
- and
- a control unit for controlling the motor vehicle according to the selected driving maneuver,
- wherein the set of different driving maneuvers includes at least an instantaneous driving maneuver and an additional driving maneuver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.