DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER IN DRIVING A VEHICLE

• US 20180068190A1
• Filed: 01/26/2017
• Published: 03/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Inventors: Son, Andrei
• Application Number:
  US15/416,437
• Publication Number:
  US 20180068190A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/184 with wheel brakes
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/20 including control of steering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/403 Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/00 Input parameters relating to objects
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/402 Type
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/4029 Pedestrians
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/18 Braking system
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/20 Steering systems
• 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: B60W 60/001 Planning or execution of driving tasks
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 60/0015 specially adapted for safety
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0238 using obstacle or wall sensors G05D1/0246 and G05D1/0289 take precedence; lidar systems designed for anti-collision purposes G01S17/93
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30196 Human being; Person
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30261 Obstacle
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/20 Analysis of motion motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/58 Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

A driver assistance device for a vehicle includes an image acquisition unit for acquiring at least one image of a region of the surroundings which lies ahead of the vehicle. The drive assistance device includes an analyzing device configured to analyze at least one children-related object from the at least one image acquired by the image acquisition unit 3. The driver assistance device also includes a control device configured to initiate, as a function of a distance between the vehicle and the children-related object analyzed by the analyzing device, at least one measure to prevent a collision of the vehicle with a potentially emerging person associated with the children-related object.

Claims

1. A driver assistance device for a vehicle, comprising:

an image acquisition unit for acquiring at least one image of a region of the surroundings which lies ahead of the vehicle;

an analyzing device configured to analyze at least one child-related object from the at least one image acquired by the image acquisition unit; and

a control device configured to initiate, as a function of a distance between the vehicle and the child-related object analyzed by the analyzing device, at least one measure to prevent a collision of the vehicle with a potentially emerging person associated with the child-related object.

2. The driver assistance device according to claim 1, wherein the child-related object is a stationary object that is stationary.

3. The driver assistance device according to claim 2 wherein the stationary object is a bicycle.

4. The driver assistance device according to claim 2, wherein the stationary object is a skateboard.

5. The driver assistance device according to claim 1, wherein the child-related object is a moving object that is in motion.

6. The driver assistance device according to claim 5, wherein the moving object is a ball.

7. The driver assistance device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one collision prevention measure is initiated by the control device in response to the distance between the vehicle and the child-related object is less than a predetermined distance limiting value.

8. The driver assistance device according to claim 7, wherein the control device is configured to fix the predetermined distance limiting value as a function of at least one of the speed of the vehicle, the condition of the pavement, and the weather conditions.

6-1. The driver assistance device according to claim 1, wherein the control device is configured to initiate a reduction in speed as the at least one collision prevention measure so that the vehicle can be stopped in time in the event of the emergence of the person associated with the child-related object.

7-1. The driver assistance device according to claim 1, wherein the control device is configured to stop the vehicle in the event of an analysis of the person associated with the child-related object.

8-1. The driver assistance device according to claim 1, wherein a person is regarded as analyzed as the person associated with the child-related object if a distance between the person and the child-related object is smaller than a predetermined distance limiting value, if the person approaches the stationary object, and/or if the person and the moving object have the same direction of movement.

9. A vehicle having a driver assistance device, comprising:

an image acquisition unit for acquiring at least one image of a region of the surroundings which lies ahead of the vehicle;

an analyzing device configured to analyze at least one child-related object from the at least one image acquired by the image acquisition unit; and

a control device configured to initiate, as a function of a distance between the vehicle and the child-related object analyzed by the analyzing device, at least one measure to prevent a collision of the vehicle with a potentially emerging person associated with the child-related object.

10. A method for assisting a driver in driving a vehicle with a driver assistance device, comprising:

acquiring at least one image of a region of the surroundings which lies ahead of the vehicle;

analyzing at least one child-related object from the at least one acquired image; and

initiating at least one measure to prevent a collision of the vehicle with a potentially emerging person associated with the child-related object as a function of an analyzed distance between the vehicle and the child-related object.