# US 9,429,441 B2 · Arrangement for warning of and/or for consideration of utility-vehicle-relevant driving restrictions

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- Number: US 9,429,441 B2
- Document ID: US9429441B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/244,258
- Filed: 2014-04-03
- Published: 2014-10-09
- Granted: 2016-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 2013-04-04
- Assignees: Man Truck & Bus AG
- Applicants: MAN Truck & Bus AG
- Inventors: Xaver Roemersperger; Karlheinz Doerner; Walter Schwertberger; Sebastian Voell; Sven Kraus; Johannes Echtler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9429441B2

## CPC

- G01C 21/3415: {Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents}
- G01C 21/3461: {Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types or segments such as motorways, toll roads or ferries}
- G01C 21/3697: {Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level (G01C21/3679 takes precedence)}
- G08G 1/096716: {where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control}
- G08G 1/09675: {where a selection from the received information takes place in the vehicle}
- G08G 1/096775: {where the origin of the information is a central station}
- G08G 1/096811: {where the route is computed offboard}
- G08G 1/096827: {where the route is computed onboard}
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})

## Abstract

A device for installation in a utility vehicle for warning or consideration of a utility-vehicle-relevant driving restriction. The device includes a receiving unit for receiving at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information, which is transmitted from an apparatus arranged on a traffic infrastructure or at least adjacent thereto and which relates to the traffic infrastructure, and a provision unit for providing the item of utility-vehicle-relevant information or an item of information based thereon to the driver of the utility vehicle. The apparatus for placement on or at least adjacent to a traffic infrastructure comprises a functional unit for storing or processing at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information relating to the traffic infrastructure and a transmitting unit for transmitting the item of utility-vehicle-relevant information to one or more utility vehicles.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for installation in a utility vehicle for one of warning of and consideration of a driving restriction at least potentially produced by a traffic infrastructure, the device having:
a receiver receiving at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information relating to the traffic infrastructure;
a provision unit for providing one of the at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information and at least one item of information based thereon to the driver of the utility vehicle, and
an ascertaining unit configured to ascertain, as a function of the one of received item of utility-vehicle-relevant information and at least one item of utility-vehicle-specific information and as a function of a predicted travel route for the utility vehicle, whether the traffic infrastructure produces a driving restriction that exists or is imminent for the utility vehicle, and a driving recommendation for the utility vehicle, the ascertaining unit being one of a computer, processor, and controller,
wherein the predicted travel route includes at least one direct driver action detected by at least one sensor, the at least one driver action comprising at least one of setting a utility vehicle turn signal apparatus, a rotational movement of a utility vehicle steering wheel, and actuating a utility vehicle brake.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein the ascertainment unit is further configured to ascertain a driving recommendation for the utility vehicle if passing the traffic infrastructure is not possible for the utility vehicle or a driving restriction for the utility vehicle is actually ascertained.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage apparatus in which the at least one item of utility-vehicle-specific information is stored.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one item of utility-vehicle-specific information comprises the permissible utility vehicle total weight, the actual utility vehicle total weight, the utility vehicle height, the utility vehicle width, and/or the type of the transported load.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, the predicted travel route originates from a navigation system.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one tern of utility-vehicle-relevant information comprises a route suggestion for bypassing the traffic infrastructure.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, further comprising a navigation system configured to consider the at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information in its route planning for bypassing the traffic infrastructure.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information comprises at least one of a category of a potential driving restriction for the utility vehicle and a position of the driving restriction.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The device according to claim 8, wherein the potential driving restriction comprises at least one of the following categories:
a maximum permissible clearance height of a tunnel or a bridge,
a maximum permissible vehicle width on a road or construction site route,
a passage restriction for hazardous material transports or transit traffic,
a time-specific driving prohibition,
an exhaust-gas-specific passage restriction,
a cul-de-sac without utility vehicle turning possibility, and
a maximum permissible total mass and/or an actual vehicle mass on a route section.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information additionally informs about which utility vehicle configuration for which it applies.

### Claim 11

An operating method for a device installed in a utility vehicle for warning of or for consideration of a driving restriction at least potentially produced by a traffic infrastructure, having the following steps:
receiving, by a receiver of the device, at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information relating to the traffic infrastructure,
providing, by a provision unit of the device, the at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information or at least one item of information based thereon to the driver of the utility vehicle, and
ascertaining, by an ascertainment unit, as a function of the one of received item of utility-vehicle-relevant information and at least one item of utility-vehicle-specific information and as a function of a predicted travel route for the utility vehicle, whether the traffic infrastructure produces a driving restriction that exists or is imminent for the utility vehicle, and a driving recommendation for the utility vehicle, the ascertaining unit being one of a computer, processor, and controller,
wherein the predicted travel route includes at least one direct driver action detected by at least one sensor, the at least one driver action comprising at least one of setting a utility vehicle turn signal apparatus, a rotational movement of a utility vehicle steering wheel, and actuating a utility vehicle brake.

### Claim 12

A system, comprising:
a device for installation in a utility vehicle for one of warning of and/or for consideration of a driving restriction at least potentially produced by a traffic infrastructure, the device having:
a receiver receiving at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information relating to the traffic infrastructure;
a provision unit for providing one of the at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information and at least one item of information based thereon to the driver of the utility vehicle; and
an ascertainment unit configured to ascertain, as a function of the one of received item of utility-vehicle-relevant information and at least one item of utility-vehicle-specific information, and as a function of a predicted travel route for the utility vehicle, whether the traffic infrastructure produces a driving restriction that exists or is imminent for the utility vehicle, and a driving recommendation for the utility vehicle, the ascertaining unit being one of a computer, processor and controller,
wherein the predicted travel route includes at least one direct driver action detected by at least one sensor, the at least one driver action comprising at least one of setting a utility vehicle turn signal apparatus, a rotational movement of a utility vehicle steering wheel, and actuating a utility vehicle brake, and
an apparatus for placement at or adjacent to the traffic infrastructure for warning of or for communication of a driving restriction at least potentially produced by the traffic infrastructure, the apparatus having:
a memory for storing the at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information relating to the traffic infrastructure, and
a transmitter transmitting the at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information to the device.

### Claim 13

A utility vehicle having a device for installation in a utility vehicle for one of warning of and/or for consideration of a driving restriction at least potentially produced by a traffic infrastructure, the device having:
a receiver receiving at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information relating to the traffic infrastructure;
a provision unit for providing one of the at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information and at least one item of information based thereon to the driver of the utility vehicle; and
an ascertainment unit configured to ascertain, as a function of the one of received item of utility-vehicle-relevant information and at least one item of utility-vehicle-specific information, and as a function of a predicted travel route for the utility vehicle, whether the traffic infrastructure produces a driving restriction that exists or is imminent for the utility vehicle, and a driving recommendation for the utility vehicle, the ascertaining unit being one of a computer processor, and controller,
wherein the predicted travel route includes at least one direct driver action detected by at least one sensor, the at least one driver action comprising at least one of setting a utility vehicle turn signal apparatus, a rotational movement of a utility vehicle steering wheel, and actuating a utility vehicle brake.