Method for warning a driver of a vehicle about exceeding of a speed limit, and vehicle

US9177470B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Werner Hamberger · Lenting, DE
• Kati Schulz · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 3, 2015
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/096791
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method warns a driver of a vehicle about exceeding of a speed limit. First of all, it is determined whether a speed limit is present and what the driving speed of the vehicle is. If the driving speed of the vehicle is greater than the driving speed which is permissible according to the speed limit, a warning signal of a first type is emitted. Subsequently, the reaction of the driver to the warning signal of the first type is determined. A warning signal of a second type is emitted in a time-delayed manner, or the emitting of the warning signal of the second type is suppressed, depending on the reaction of the driver to the warning signal of the first type. A vehicle carries out a method of this type.