Automatic Collision Management System
First Claim
1. An automatic collision management system (50a, 50b, 100,180) for a vehicle (10), said vehicle (10) including operating features including one or more brakes operable when applied to decelerate said vehicle (10), said automatic collision management system (50a, 50b, 100, 180) including a sensor arrangement (100) operable to detect closing velocities of one or more oncoming objects substantially in a direction of travel of the vehicle (10), and a processing arrangement (50a, 50b, 100, 180) for receiving information from the sensor arrangement (100) indicative of said detected closing velocities, said processing arrangement (50a, 50b, 100, 180) being operable when the vehicle (10) is travelling below a threshold speed to automatically selectively apply said operating features including said one or more brakes to decelerate the vehicle (10) in response to said information received from the sensor arrangement (100) for avoiding or mitigating a crash of the vehicle (10) into said one or more oncoming objects.
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Abstract
There is provided an automatic collision management system for a vehicle (10), the vehicle (10) including one or more brakes operable when applied to decelerate the vehicle (10). The automatic collision management system includes a sensor arrangement (100) operable to detect closing velocities of one or more oncoming objects substantially in a direction of travel of the vehicle (10), and a processing arrangement (50a, 50b) for receiving information from the sensor arrangement (100) indicative of the detected closing velocities. The processing arrangement (50a, 50b) is operable when the vehicle (10) is travelling below a threshold speed to automatically selectively apply the one or more brakes to decelerate the vehicle (10) in response to the information received from the sensor arrangement (100) for avoiding or mitigating a crash of the vehicle (10) with the one or more oncoming objects. Optionally, the collision management system includes supplementary restraints to assist reducing damage or injury in an event of a potential crash or crash mitigation.
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Citations
30 Claims
- 1. An automatic collision management system (50a, 50b, 100,180) for a vehicle (10), said vehicle (10) including operating features including one or more brakes operable when applied to decelerate said vehicle (10), said automatic collision management system (50a, 50b, 100, 180) including a sensor arrangement (100) operable to detect closing velocities of one or more oncoming objects substantially in a direction of travel of the vehicle (10), and a processing arrangement (50a, 50b, 100, 180) for receiving information from the sensor arrangement (100) indicative of said detected closing velocities, said processing arrangement (50a, 50b, 100, 180) being operable when the vehicle (10) is travelling below a threshold speed to automatically selectively apply said operating features including said one or more brakes to decelerate the vehicle (10) in response to said information received from the sensor arrangement (100) for avoiding or mitigating a crash of the vehicle (10) into said one or more oncoming objects.
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23. A method of providing automatic braking in a vehicle (10), said vehicle (10) including an automatic collision management system (50a, 50b, 100, 180) including a sensor arrangement (100) coupled in communication with a processing arrangement (50a, 50b, 100, 180) and one or more brakes of the vehicle (10);
- said method including steps of;
(a) employing the sensor arrangement (100) to detect closing velocities of one or more oncoming objects in a direction of travel of the vehicle (10);
(b) receiving information at the processing arrangement (50a, 50b, 100, 180) from the sensor arrangement (100) describing said closing velocities of said one or more oncoming objects, and assessing from said information whether or not a crash between said one or more oncoming objects and the vehicle (10) is likely, and (c) automatically applying said one or more brakes of the vehicle (10) when a risk of a crash is determined by the processing arrangement to be likely, wherein said automatic braking is applied only if the vehicle (10) is travelling in operation at a speed which is less than a threshold speed. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
- said method including steps of;
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