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Method and warning device for warning a driver of a vehicle and vehicle

US9024784B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

AUDI AG · DE
AUDI ELECTRONICS VENTURE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Christina Gackstatter · Ingolstadt, DE
Markus Popken · Gaimersheim, DE
Jessica Reinhold · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 8, 2012
Grant date	May 5, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 16, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60Y2300/26
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method for warning a driver of a vehicle, the position of the vehicle on the roadway is determined. For the determined position of the vehicle, data relating to a curved roadway course in the area ahead of the vehicle are obtained and data relating to a self-motion of the vehicle are obtained using a driving dynamics sensor. The curved roadway in the area ahead of the vehicle is divided into at least two zones of criticality as a function of the data relating to the curved roadway course and the data relating to the self-motion, wherein each zone of criticality is assigned an assessment which assesses the driving behavior of the vehicle within the respective zone of criticality, and the assessments are outputted to the vehicle driver.

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