DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR LOCAL AND TIME ASSESSMENT AND PREDICTION OF THE DRIVING DYNAMICS OF A VEHICLE

• US 20090192666A1
• Filed: 05/25/2007
• Published: 07/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Inventors: Trippler, Peter
• Application Number:
  US12/438,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20090192666A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/29
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0075 Automatic parameter input, automatic initialising or calibrating means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/22 Psychological state; Stress level or workload
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/221 Physiology, e.g. weight, heartbeat, health or special needs
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2552/40 Coefficient of friction
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/00 Input parameters relating to objects
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2555/20 Ambient conditions, e.g. wind or rain
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/65 Data transmitted between vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/16 Control of distance between vehicles, e.g. keeping a distance to preceding vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/04 Traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/163 involving continuous checking

Abstract

The invention relates to a driver assistance system for local and time assessment and prediction of the driving dynamics of a vehicle within a traffic system and to the transmission of the information resulting thereof to neighboring vehicles. According to the invention, the data generated independently from each other in the vehicle to be assessed is collected and evaluated in an evaluation unit, and a prediction based thereon regarding an upcoming driving situation is generated and then transmitted to motor vehicles that are located in the surrounding area and involved in said driving situation.

Claims

1. A driver assistance system for local and time assessment and prediction of the driving dynamics of a vehicle within a traffic system and for the transmission of the information resulting therefrom to neighboring vehicles, characterized in that the items of data generated independently from each other in the vehicle to be assessed are collected in an evaluation unit, and a prediction based thereon regarding an upcoming driving situation is generated, which is then passed to vehicles that are located in the surrounding area and are involved in said driving situation.

2. The driver assistance system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the data is generated by sensors for the driving dynamics and/or for the navigation and/or for the environment and/or for the driving-specific behavior and/or for the driving-specific state.

3. The driver assistance system as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the wheel speed and/or the braking or engine status and/or inertia data and/or spring travel and/or tire pressure are determined for the driving dynamics.

4. The driver assistance system as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that rain sensors and/or temperature sensors and/or door sensors and/or sensors determining the location and relative speed of objects outside the own vehicle are used for determining the environment.

5. The driver assistance system as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transmission of the information to neighboring vehicles takes place by optical means.

6. The driver assistance system as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transmission of the information to neighboring vehicles takes place by microwave means.

7. The driver assistance system as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transmission of the information to neighboring vehicles takes place by using local devices, especially by means of GSM networks.

8. The driver assistance system as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transmission of the information to neighboring vehicles takes place by acoustic means.