Forward collision risk reduction

US8589061B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLVO CAR CORPORATION · SE

Inventors

• Mattias Bengtsson · Lindome, SE
• Andreas Eidehall · Handen, SE
• Anders Agnvall · Lindome, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 19, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W30/095
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for determining a safety zone of a foreign object for a forward collision risk reduction system. The method may include determining the type of the foreign object; setting the safety zone to a predetermined value corresponding to the type of the foreign object; determining the traffic behavior of the foreign object; determining if the traffic behavior corresponds to a species of a predetermined group of traffic behaviors; and if the traffic behavior corresponds to a species of a predetermined group of traffic behaviors, modifying the safety zone in accordance with a predetermined species function corresponding to the species.