Method and system for assisting a driver of a vehicle in driving the vehicle, vehicle and computer program

US10220841B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Sendhoff · Obertshausen, DE
• Julian Eggert · Offenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 21, 2016
• Grant date: Mar 5, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 21, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2556/10
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An advanced driver assistant system and a method for assisting a driver of a vehicle in driving the vehicle. The system includes sensing means for sensing an environment of the vehicle, a storing unit for storing a database for storing prototypical situations associated with risk information, a processing unit and an output unit to output an assistance signal on the basis of which driver information can be output and/or vehicle operators can be actuated. The processing unit is configured to determine parameters of the vehicle and/or objects in the environment of the vehicle based upon the sensing means output, to classify a traffic situation on the basis of the determined parameters by comparing the determined parameters with parameters of the prototypical traffic situations, to extract risk information from the database and to calculate an expected risk for the encountered traffic situation on the basis of the extracted risk information.