Method and device for informing a driver or for reacting when the vehicle leaves a lane
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Abstract
A method and a device for driver information and for a reaction upon leaving the traffic lane by a vehicle. In this context, the course of at least one edge marking of the traffic lane is ascertained, the track of the vehicle that is to be expected is determined, and as a function of these variables the possible leaving of the traffic lane by the vehicle is ascertained. In the determination of the track of the vehicle, future reactions of the driver are taken into consideration.
47 Citations
28 Claims
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15. A method for providing driver information and performing a vehicle intervention when leaving a traffic lane, the method comprising:
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recording at least one boundary of the traffic lane;
determining a track of a vehicle based on a driver reaction to be expected in the future;
deriving at least one of the driver information and the vehicle intervention from the at least one boundary of the traffic lane and the track of the vehicle;
providing the driver information when the vehicle threatens to leave the traffic lane; and
performing the vehicle intervention when the vehicle threatens to leave the traffic lane. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A device for providing driver information and performing a reaction in response to leaving a traffic lane, comprising:
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an evaluation arrangement which, in response to a threatening leaving of the traffic lane, activates at least one of a warning of the driver and a vehicle intervention; and
a microcomputer including a program for recording a pattern of at least one side marking of a travel lane and determining a course of the track of the vehicle that is to be expected, the track of the vehicle being determined based on future driver reactions to be expected;
wherein the program derives at least one of the driver information and the vehicle intervention from the at least one boundary of the traffic lane and the track of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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