Advance road viewing for passing process
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Abstract
The invention concerns a system for informing the driver regarding sections of road lying ahead and being considered for a passing process. For this, the system employs, on the basis of known navigation systems, special data from digital maps in order to carry out an evaluation of ahead lying sections of road according to various criteria. Vehicle specific data, driver profiles or data regarding the actual weather situation can be incorporated into the evaluation. As a result, ahead lying stretches of road are classified as to their suitability for a passing maneuver, and the driver is informed, for example, by a display.
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27 Claims
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1-12. -12. (canceled)
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13. A system for providing in a road vehicle a preview with regard to suitability for a passing processes for ahead-lying sections of road, comprising:
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means for detecting the position and direction of travel for the vehicle, means for storing a digital road map, means for evaluating the digital road map depending upon the position and direction of travel of the vehicle, and means for output of information, wherein the means for evaluating extract from the digital road map special items of information concerning the section of road lying ahead, which items of information are predetermined in the system as being relevant to overtaking maneuvers, processes this information on the basis of predetermined judgment criteria, and presents the thus processed information to the driver via the means for output. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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