Emergency brake assistance system for assisting a driver of a vehicle when setting the vehicle in motion

US8942904B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

• Daniel Foerster · Darmstadt, DE
• Michael Anthony Klug · Austin, US
• Andreas Hartmann · Stadtbergen, DE
• Thomas Weiss · Schauersfreiling, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 2010
• Grant date: Jan 27, 2015
• Expiry date: Aug 11, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2540/10
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An emergency brake assistance system includes: a collision risk detection unit (12) to detect a risk of collision with an object in front of the vehicle, based on data from an environment sensor (14) for recording objects in front of the vehicle and data from an accelerator sensor (16) for recording an intention to accelerate by the driver; and a collision avoidance unit (18) to implement measures to prevent a potential collision with the object in front of the vehicle, based on data from the collision risk detection unit. The system temporarily deactivates, for a specified time duration, an override condition of a safety concept of the system when the accelerator sensor records the driver's intention to accelerate and the vehicle speed is below a specified speed threshold. Thus the driver's acceleration command when setting the vehicle in motion temporarily cannot override an automatic actuation of the emergency brake system.