Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130060400 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CARRIER OF A TRANSCEIVER, MOTOR VEHICLE - A detection apparatus is provided for detecting a carrier of a mobile transceiver relative to a vehicle, which is provided in a vehicle, that includes, but is not limited to a transmitting/receiving device, which is configured to communicate with a mobile transceiver to be detected, an environment sensor device for detecting information on the environment of the vehicle, an evaluation device, which is configured, depending on the communication and the detected information, to determine a type of carrier of the mobile transceiver and an impending collision of the carrier of the transceiver with the vehicle, and a control device, which is configured in such a manner as to control a device of the vehicle depending on the determined type of carrier in order, in the event of an impending collision of the carrier of the mobile transceiver with the vehicle determined by the evaluation device. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060401 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING A VEHICLE COLLISION, VEHICLE - An apparatus for preventing a collision, a motor vehicle comprising the apparatus and a method for preventing a collision are provided. An apparatus includes a detection device configured to detect the surroundings of the vehicle and form measurement data, a transmitting/receiving device to transmit and receive the measurement data from other vehicles, and an evaluation device to evaluate the measurement data with a view to an impending collision. A control device has an interface by which the control device controls the vehicle, via which other vehicles in the neighborhood of the vehicle can be controlled, and via which the control device can be controlled by a control device of a vehicle in the neighborhood of the vehicle in such a manner that the impending collision is prevented or a degree of severity of the impending collision is reduced. | 03-07-2013 |
20130090806 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - In one embodiment, a method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle is provided. The method comprises the following steps. A determination is made as to whether another road user is located in a range of a current immediate vicinity of the vehicle. If it is determined that at least one other road user is located in the range of the current immediate vicinity of the vehicle, a priority condition of the vehicle is assessed with respect to the at least one other road user. A determination is also made as to whether a possible violation of the assessed priority condition by the at least one other road user is imminent. If it is determined that a possible violation of the assessed priority condition by the at least one other road user is imminent, a signal is output automatically to the at least one other road user. | 04-11-2013 |
20130124052 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEM AND A SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating a safety system in a motor vehicle is provided. The method includes ascertaining at least one parameter characterizing a traffic situation of the motor vehicle and classifying a momentary traffic situation of the motor vehicle based on the at least one ascertained parameter. The method includes ascertaining a probability of an occurrence of at least one accident type from a plurality of predefined accident types in the classified momentary traffic situation, and if the ascertained probability exceeds a predefined threshold value, adapting a triggering threshold for actuating at least one passenger protection device of the motor vehicle. | 05-16-2013 |
20130131918 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating an information and entertainment system of a motor vehicle is provided. The method includes providing data for a transmission to at least one additional motor vehicle by means of a communication network. The method includes determining at least one parameter characterizing a traffic situation of the motor vehicle, and classifying a current traffic situation of the motor vehicle, based on the at least one determined parameter. The method includes adapting of a parameter characterizing an availability of the motor vehicle within the communication network as a function of the classified current traffic situation. | 05-23-2013 |
20130158741 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING DRIVER OF MOTOR VEHICLE GIVEN LOSS OF ALERTNESS - A method for assisting the driver of a motor vehicle is provided. The method includes prescribing a desired driver behavior parameter that describes a desired driver behavior, determining an actual driver behavior parameter that describes an actual driver behavior, and determining a deviation parameter that describes a deviation between the desired driver behavior parameter and the actual driver behavior parameter. The method also includes prescribing a first threshold value for the deviation parameter, raising an error counter if the deviation parameter exceeds the first threshold value, and lowering the error counter if the deviation parameter falls below the first threshold value. The method includes determining an evaluation parameter that describes a change in the error counter over time, prescribing a lower threshold value for the evaluation parameter, and initiating a reaction that affects the behavior of the motor vehicle and/or driver if the evaluation parameter exceeds the lower threshold value. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158795 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR GENERATING ARTIFICIAL DRIVING NOISES OF A VEHICLE - A device and a method for generating artificial driving noises for a motor vehicle, and to a computer program for carrying out the method is provided. Environmental conditions, objects and/or other road users are recorded via an environmental sensor unit. Depending thereupon and, as required, depending upon vehicle-internal information driving noises are generated with special properties. In this way other road users can be alerted to otherwise quietly driving vehicles. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158810 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle combination is provided. The vehicle combination includes a tractor vehicle and at least one trailer, and the driver assistance system is designed to automatically actuate at least one element of the vehicle combination. The method comprises the following: At least a first parameter characterizing a potentially unstable driving condition of the trailer is detected. A determination is made as to whether an unstable driving condition of the trailer is imminent. If it is determined that an unstable driving condition of the trailer is imminent, a calculation is made of a position of the trailer and the at least one element is automatically actuated at a point in time when the trailer is positioned in the longitudinal direction of the tractor vehicle and directly in line behind the tractor vehicle. | 06-20-2013 |
20130190989 | STABILIZATION OF A VEHICLE COMBINATION - A method and device for stabilizing a vehicle combination consisting of a tractor vehicle and a trailer are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes detecting a steering intervention that acts upon the steered wheels of the tractor vehicle and determining a current steering angle change Δδ(t) caused by the steering intervention and a corresponding current angular steering velocity dδ(t)/dt. A current speed of the tractor vehicle v(t) is determined A braking intervention, by which the wheel brakes of the trailer are activated, is automatically triggered in dependence on the current steering angle change Δδ(t), the current angular steering velocity dδ(t)/dt, and the current speed v(t). | 07-25-2013 |
20130191000 | STABILIZATION OF A VEHICLE COMBINATION - A method and device for stabilizing a vehicle combination consisting of a tractor vehicle and a trailer are provided. The method includes determining a current traffic state in the environment of the tractor vehicle, determining a current driving state of the vehicle combination, and determining, based on the current traffic state and the current driving state, a value indicating a current probability for the vehicle combination having to carry out a braking maneuver and/or evasive maneuver that results in a critical driving state of the vehicle combination on a road section lying directly ahead. A braking intervention is automatically triggered, by which wheel brakes of the trailer are activated to stabilize the vehicle combination if the value is equal to or greater than a predetermined probability limit value. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191003 | AUTONOMOUS STARTUP - A method and a device for the autonomous startup of a motor vehicle from a standing position, which is determined by a traveling sensor, is provided. The type of road for the current motor vehicle position is determined via a navigation device or environmental sensors. In specific types of roads, a preceding deceleration to a complete stop is followed by the automatic activation of an auto-go mode, in which a control unit initiates an autonomous startup of the vehicle by way of a startup unit once a startup acquisition unit has determined that the other motor vehicle has started up. | 07-25-2013 |
20130242098 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION SYSTEM - A traffic information system includes first vehicles equipped with first optical sensor means. An image of an environment of the first vehicles is generated with the first optical sensor means and includes as associated image attributes: a current position of the first vehicles at which the image was generated, a time at which the image was generated, and a viewing direction with which the image was generated. The image and the associated image attributes of the environment of the first vehicles are communicated to a network and the image and the associated image attributes are at least buffered in the network. A second vehicle comprises a utilisation device that includes an input means and a display means. An image relating to a position POI in a road transport network is retrieved via the utilisation device from the network and the image is displayed on the display means. | 09-19-2013 |
20140012501 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - Devices for supporting a driver with a route guidance system are provided. A device includes a system for route guidance in a road network along a current route R | 01-09-2014 |
20140052367 | OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A method is provided for operating a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle that includes, but is not limited to determining of a current speed and determining a current speed of further road users located in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle in front of the motor vehicle. In the event the determined current speed of the motor vehicle does not exceed a first predetermined threshold value does not exceed a second predetermined threshold value, a repeated determining of the current speed of the road user located directly in front of the motor vehicle takes place. In the event that the determined current speed of the road user does not exceed the second predetermined threshold value and the determined current speeds the determined further road users do not exceed the second predetermined threshold value, a repeated determining of the current speed. | 02-20-2014 |
20150022378 | COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a computer program causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes determining traffic regulations which are applicable in a region of current surroundings of a vehicle. The process further includes determining if a driver of the vehicle violates at least one of the determined traffic regulations and determining a degree of severity of a violation. The process further includes determining a parameter illustrating a driving behavior of the driver of the vehicle based on the classified degree of severity of the violation. A message is then output including the determined parameter with at least one output device. | 01-22-2015 |