DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR AVOIDING COLLISIONS OF A VEHICLE WITH PEDESTRIANS
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Abstract
A driver assistance system for avoiding collisions of a vehicle with pedestrians, the system including a camera sensor and/or a beam sensor. When an object moving at a given speed on a pedestrian crossing is detected, the object is detected as being a pedestrian with a probability that is sufficiently high to output a warning to the driver, reducing the likelihood of a potential collision.
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1-13. -13. (canceled)
- 14. A driver assistance system for avoiding collisions of a vehicle with pedestrians comprising a camera sensor and/or a beam sensor, wherein when an object moving at a given speed on a pedestrian crossing is detected, the object is identified with a sufficiently high probability as a pedestrian that a warning is output to the driver.
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26. A device for a driver assistance system comprising a camera sensor and/or a beam sensor and/or a digital map with a position of at least one pedestrian crossing and/or a receiving unit for car-to-car communication data and an evaluation unit, wherein the evaluation unit determines from the sensor data and/or the position data whether an object is detected that is moving at a given speed on a pedestrian crossing and if an object is detected initiates the outputting of a warning to the driver and prevents a potential collision.
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