Device and method for collision risk management for vehicles

• US 10,139,485 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2014
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BAE Systems Hã¤Gglunds AB
• Original Assignee: BAE Systems Hã¤Gglunds AB
• Inventors: Backstrom, Ronny
• Primary Examiner(s): Bythrow, Peter M
• Application Number:
  US14/913,268
• Publication Number:
  US 20160209507A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,629 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 7/02 Land vehicles with enclosing armour, e.g. tanks endless-track vehicles, steering thereof B62D ; vehicles for placing portable or sectional bridges E01D15/127; vehicles carrying floating bridges E01D15/22
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/862 Combination of radar systems with sonar systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/865 Combination of radar systems with lidar systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/867 Combination of radar systems with cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/931 of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/86 Combinations of sonar systems with lidar systems; Combinations of sonar systems with systems not using wave reflection
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/931 of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 17/86 Combinations of lidar systems with systems other than lidar, radar or sonar, e.g. with direction finders
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 17/931 of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/58 Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads

Abstract

A device, a motor vehicle equipped with the device, a method, and a computer program product including program code to implement the method, for collision risk management pertaining to a vehicle including portions projecting outside a basic configuration of the vehicle, including determining a surrounding configuration as basis for collision risk determination, determining presence of portions projecting outside the basic configuration, determining if collision risk is present at the thus determined surrounding configuration and the thus determined total vehicle configuration, and for an operator of the vehicle indicating the thus determined collision risk.

Claims

1. A method for collision risk management pertaining to a vehicle comprising portions projecting outside a basic configuration of said vehicle, comprising the steps of:

determining a surrounding configuration as basis for collision risk determination;

determining a total vehicle configuration based on presence of portions projecting outside said basic configuration;

determining if collision risk is present at the thus determined surrounding configuration and the thus determined total vehicle configuration;

for an operator of the vehicle, indicating the thus determined collision risk;

determining suggested measures for managing the thus determined collision risk; and

presenting the thus determined suggested measures for said operator, wherein said suggested measures comprise changes of the propulsion of the vehicle.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein said operator is a driver of said vehicle.

3. Method according to claim 1, wherein said operator is an operator for said projecting portions.

4. Method according to claim 1, wherein said suggested measures comprise changes of said determined vehicle configuration by means of said projecting portions.

5. Method according to claim 1, wherein the thus determined collision risk is indicated by at least one of visual presentation via presentation screen and periscope.

6. Method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:

updating a set of parameters representing said basic configuration; and

determining said collision risk on the basis of said updated set of parameters.

7. Method according to claim 1, wherein said collision risk is determined continuously on the basis of intended travel path of the vehicle.

8. Method according to claim 1, wherein said projecting portions comprise a pivotable and vertically adjustable barrel and a pivotable tower carrying said barrel.

17. A non-transitory computer program, wherein said computer program comprises a program code for causing an electronic control unit or an operational control unit connected to the electronic control unit to perform the steps according to claim 1.

18. A non-transitory computer program product comprising a program code stored on a computer readable medium for performing method steps according to claim 1, when said program code is run on an electronic control unit or another computer connected to the electronic control unit.

9. A device for collision risk management pertaining to a vehicle comprising portions projecting outside a basic configuration of said vehicle, comprising:

means for determining a surrounding configuration as basis for collision risk determination;

means for determining a total vehicle configuration based on presence of portions projecting outside said basic configuration;

means for determining if collision risk is present at the thus determined surrounding configuration and the thus determined total vehicle configuration;

means for indicating the thus determined collision risk for an operator of the vehicle;

means for determining suggested measures for managing the thus determined collision risk; and

means for presenting the thus determined suggested measures for said operator, wherein said suggested measures comprise changes of the propulsion of the vehicle.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein said suggested measures comprise changes of said determined vehicle configuration by means of said projecting portions.

11. The device according to claim 9, comprising:

means for indicating the thus determined collision risk by visual presentation via at least one of presentation screen and periscope.

12. The device according to claim 9, comprising:

means for updating a set of parameters representing said basic configuration; and

means for determining said collision risk on the basis of said updated set of parameters.

13. The device according to claim 9, comprising:

means for continuously determining said collision risk on the basis of intended travel path of the vehicle.

14. The device according to claim 9, wherein said projecting portions comprise a pivotable and vertically adjustable barrel and a pivotable tower carrying said barrel.

15. A motor vehicle-comprising a device according to claim 9.

16. The motor vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the motor vehicle is any of a military vehicle, terrain vehicle, forest machine or mining vehicle.