DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CARRIER OF A TRANSCEIVER, MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20130060400A1
• Filed: 08/30/2012
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: HAHNE, Uwe
• Application Number:
  US13/598,907
• Publication Number:
  US 20130060400A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/65 Data transmitted between vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/09 Taking automatic action to avoid collision, e.g. braking and steering
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/0956 the prediction being responsive to traffic or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/161 Decentralised systems, e.g. inter-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

A detection apparatus is provided for detecting a carrier of a mobile transceiver relative to a vehicle, which is provided in a vehicle, that includes, but is not limited to a transmitting/receiving device, which is configured to communicate with a mobile transceiver to be detected, an environment sensor device for detecting information on the environment of the vehicle, an evaluation device, which is configured, depending on the communication and the detected information, to determine a type of carrier of the mobile transceiver and an impending collision of the carrier of the transceiver with the vehicle, and a control device, which is configured in such a manner as to control a device of the vehicle depending on the determined type of carrier in order, in the event of an impending collision of the carrier of the mobile transceiver with the vehicle determined by the evaluation device.

Claims

1. A detection apparatus for detecting a carrier of a mobile transceiver relative to a vehicle that is provided in the vehicle, comprising:

a transceiver that is configured to communicate with the mobile transceiver;

an environment sensor device that is configured to detect information on an environment of the vehicle;

an evaluation device that is configured to determine a type of carrier of the mobile transceiver and an impending collision of the carrier of the transceiver with the vehicle, depending on a communication and the information;

comprising a control device that is configured to control a device of the vehicle depending on the type of carrier in order to at least reduce an accident severity of the impending collision in event of the impending collision of the carrier of the mobile transceiver with the vehicle determined by the evaluation device.

2. The detection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation device is further configured to determine the impending collision with the carrier of the mobile transceiver depending on a position of the mobile transceiver.

3. The detection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation device is further configured to determine a carrier type of the mobile transceiver depending on a position of the mobile transceiver.

4. The detection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation device is further configured to determine a pedestrian as the type of carrier if a position of the mobile transceiver agrees with information for a motion speed of the mobile transceiver that lies in a range of a normal walking speed of a person.

5. The detection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control device is further configured, depending on the communication with the mobile transceiver, to control the device in such a manner in order to at least reduce a severity of the impending collision with these devices if the evaluation device has determined the impending collision of the carrier of the mobile transceiver.

6. The detection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation device is configured to determine a carrier type of the mobile transceiver depending on at least a position if the carrier type is not determined.

7. The detection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an interface is provided for communication with the mobile transceiver.

8. The detection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection apparatus is configured to communicate via a radio interface with a laptop.

9. The detection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the environment sensor device is part of a collision avoidance system.

10. A method for detecting a carrier of a mobile transceiver relative to a vehicle, comprising:

connecting a communication connection with the mobile transceiver;

detecting information on an environment of the vehicle;

determining a carrier type of the mobile transceiver;

determining an impending collision of the carrier of the mobile transceiver with the vehicle depending on a communication with the mobile transceiver and the information;

controlling a device of the vehicle depending on the carrier type in such a manner as to at least reduce an accident severity of the impending collision.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising detecting information relating to a motion speed of the mobile transceiver.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the carrier type of the mobile transceiver is a standing person as the carrier type of the mobile transceiver.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the carrier type of the mobile transceiver is a walking person as the carrier type of the mobile transceiver.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein the carrier type of the mobile transceiver is a another motor vehicle as the carrier type of the mobile transceiver.