Method and device for ascertaining the imminence of an unavoidable collision

US6940448B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Knoop · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Martin Heinebrodt · Stuttgart, DE
• Joachim Thiele · Beilstein, DE
• Martin Staempfle · Ulm, DE
• Fred Oechsle · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Ulf Wilhelm · Rutesheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 4, 2003
• Grant date: Sep 6, 2005
• Expiry date: Sep 8, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S13/93
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and a device for ascertaining the imminence of an unavoidable collision of a vehicle with an object, all locations within a determinable prediction time interval being predetermined as a function of the maximum possible longitudinal acceleration and lateral acceleration of the vehicle and of the at least one object. The imminence of an unavoidable collision between the vehicle and the object may be recognized, also taking into account the extension of the vehicle and of the at least one object.