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Method and device for assisting in driving a vehicle

US8275497B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hermann Koch-Groeber · Stuttgart, DE
Werner Uhler · Bruchsal, DE
Marc Arnon · Ingolstadt, DE
Danny Jaeger · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 12, 2007
Grant date	Sep 25, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 2, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W30/08
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and device for assisting in driving a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, having a surroundings detector for detecting at least a partial area of the surroundings of the vehicle, an output device for the output of information concerning the vehicle surroundings obtained from the surroundings detection to a driver, and an evaluation unit for determining a risk level based on the vehicle-surroundings information. To facilitate driving of the vehicle, it is provided that at least a portion of the vehicle-surroundings information provided for determining the risk level, and the risk level determined by the evaluation unit are output continuously by the output device to the driver during operation of the vehicle.

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