Method for preventing collisions involving motor vehicles

US7102495B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Mattes · Sachsenheim, DE
• Berend-Wilhelm Doden · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Rainer Moritz · Echterdingen, DE
• Jochen Wagner · Ruppertsweiler, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 16, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 5, 2006
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T2201/12
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A collision prevention method for motor vehicles is provided, in which method obstacles in front of the vehicle are detected by an on-board positioning system, a collision probability is calculated from the position data, and one or more responses to prevent a collision are triggered as a function of the collision probability. At least one of the responses is a preparatory measure accelerating the implementation of a command, which may be output later, to decelerate the vehicle, without the preparatory measure itself having any significant decelerating effect on the vehicle.