Method and device for vehicles, which detect the collision of a further vehicle

US10737708B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Mobility GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Lothar Becke · Königslutter am Elm, DE
• Karsten Rahn · Lehre, DE
• Luis Riera Sanchez · Alcalá de Henares, ES
• Frauke Schossig · Braunschweig, DE
• Rene Wettig · Wolfenbüttel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 24, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 11, 2020
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/166
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating vehicles, in particular track-bound vehicles, permits two vehicles to approach one another even to comparatively short distances and at the same time can be implemented with comparatively low expenditure. For this purpose, a collision by a first vehicle towards the rear of a second vehicle is detected by the second vehicle, a warning message is emitted by the second vehicle triggered by the detection of the collision or running into from the rear, and a braking process is triggered by the first vehicle on the basis of the warning message emitted by the second vehicle. A device for a vehicle which detects the collision of a further vehicle is also provided.