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Method and device for avoiding and/or reducing the consequences of collisions upon evasion with respect to obstacles

US8392062B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

17Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Fred Oechsle · Ludwigsburg, DE
Wolfgang Branz · Ludwigsburg, DE
Christian Schmidt · Erfurt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 12, 2006
Grant date	Mar 5, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 16, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W50/14
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for assisting a driver of a vehicle to avoid collisions with obstacles are provided, in which method at least one obstacle is detected by way of at least one surroundings sensor, and data of the obstacle are ascertained. On the basis of the data of the obstacle and data of the vehicle, a vehicle deceleration that is favorable for assistance of an evasive operation is ascertained, and the vehicle is correspondingly decelerated.

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