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Method for assisting a motor vehicle driver when driving through a narrow passage and/or for maintaining a safe distance from a vehicle in front

  • US 10,214,143 B2
  • Filed: 12/15/2009
  • Issued: 02/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle when driving through a narrow passage, the method comprising the acts of:

  • determining a drive path that is anticipated to be covered next by the motor vehicle;

    projecting the anticipated drive path onto a road on which the vehicle is driving via a projection device arranged in the vehicle, wherein the projected anticipated drive path is visible to the driver and wherein a width of the projected anticipated drive path corresponds to an actual width of the motor vehicle, wherein a length of the anticipated drive path increases with an increasing speed of the motor vehicle; and

    notifying the driver when a distance between a front vehicle and the projected anticipated drive path is below a predetermined value, and whether the vehicle can pass through a narrow passage ahead based on the projected anticipated drive path.

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