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Method and device for triggering emergency braking

US7565242B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 2005
Grant dateJul 21, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2021/01259
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for triggering emergency braking of a vehicle for avoiding a collision or for reducing the severity of a collision, the vehicle having at least one object detection sensor, an ascertainment being made as a function of the detected objects as to whether a collision with an object is imminent and a risk to one's own vehicle in the event of a triggering of emergency braking being ascertained as a function of the current surrounding situation, the triggering threshold for emergency braking being variable in such a way that the probability for a false triggering is increased if a calculated risk posed by emergency braking is low and the triggering threshold for emergency braking being variable in such a way that the probability for a false triggering is lowered if a calculated risk posed by emergency braking is higher.

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