Method and device for the automated braking and steering of a vehicle
First Claim
1. A method of automated braking and automated steering of a vehicle to avoid or reduce a likelihood or a severity of a collision of the vehicle, comprising:
- with at least one sensor system, detecting vehicle surroundings of the vehicle and producing corresponding sensor data;
with a controller of the vehicle, evaluating the sensor data and therefrom detecting a potential collision object in the vehicle surroundings, and determining a relative speed of the vehicle relative to the potential collision object;
in the controller, comparing the relative speed to a predefined threshold; and
with the controller, actuating a brake system of the vehicle to initiate an automated braking intervention at first when the relative speed is below or equal to the predefined threshold, and actuating a steering system of the vehicle to initiate an automated steering intervention at first when the relative speed is above the predefined threshold, in order to avoid or reduce the likelihood or the severity of the collision between the vehicke and the potential collision object.
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Abstract
A method for the automated braking and/or steering of a vehicle uses at least one sensor system for detecting the vehicle'"'"'s surroundings, a potential collision object in the vehicle'"'"'s surroundings, and a relative speed of the vehicle relative to the potential collision object. The activation and/or the sequence of an automated steering intervention and/or an automated braking intervention is determined based on the relative speed. The braking intervention is activated at first when the relative speed is below or equal to a predefined threshold, and the steering intervention is activated at first when the relative speed is above the predefined threshold.
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1. A method of automated braking and automated steering of a vehicle to avoid or reduce a likelihood or a severity of a collision of the vehicle, comprising:
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with at least one sensor system, detecting vehicle surroundings of the vehicle and producing corresponding sensor data; with a controller of the vehicle, evaluating the sensor data and therefrom detecting a potential collision object in the vehicle surroundings, and determining a relative speed of the vehicle relative to the potential collision object; in the controller, comparing the relative speed to a predefined threshold; and with the controller, actuating a brake system of the vehicle to initiate an automated braking intervention at first when the relative speed is below or equal to the predefined threshold, and actuating a steering system of the vehicle to initiate an automated steering intervention at first when the relative speed is above the predefined threshold, in order to avoid or reduce the likelihood or the severity of the collision between the vehicke and the potential collision object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for automated braking and automated steering of a vehicle to avoid or reduce a likelihood or a severity of a collision of the vehicle, comprising:
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a controller, wherein the controller is configured to be connected to at least one sensor system of the vehicle for detecting vehicle surroundings of the vehicle, and to a braking system and a steering system of the vehicle, and wherein the controller comprises; a memory that stores a program; and a processor configured to execute the program which performs a method comprising; from the at least one sensor system, receiving sensor data representing the vehicle surroundings; evaluating the sensor data and therefrom detecting a potential collision object in the vehicle surroundings, and determining a relative speed of the vehicle relative to the potential collision object; comparing the relative speed to a predefined threshold; and actuating the braking system of the vehicle to initiate an automated braking intervention at first when the relative speed is below or equal to the predefined threshold, and actuating the steering system of the vehicle to initiate an automated steering intervention at first when the relative speed is above the predefined threshold, in order to avoid or reduce the likelihood or the severity of the collision between the vehicle and the potential collision object. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A method of automatically controlling braking or steering of a vehicle to avoid or reduce a likelihood or a severity of a collision of the vehicle, comprising:
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with at least one sensor system of the vehicle, detecting surroundings of the vehicle and producing sensor data; in a controller of the vehicle, evaluating the sensor data to detect a potential collision object and to determine a relative speed of the vehicle relative to the potential collision object; in the controller, comparing the relative speed to a predefined threshold, and determining that an automated braking intervention shall be initiated at first when the relative speed is below or equal to the predefined threshold and that an automated steering intervention shall be initiated at first when the relative speed is above the predefined threshold; and with a braking or steering control unit of the vehicle, in response to and dependent on a result of the determining, either actuating a braking system of the vehicle to initiate the automated braking intervention to automatically brake the vehicle at first or actuating a steering system of the vehicle to initiate the automated steering intervention to automatically steer the vehicle at first, in order to avoid or reduce the likelihood or the severity of the collision between the vehicle and the potential collision object. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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