Rear area monitoring device for a vehicle

US9527444B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WABCO GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Risse · Pattensen, DE
• Udo Ronnenberg · Großburgwedel, DE
• Axel Stender · Hameln, DE
• Jan-Christoph von der Beeke · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2012
• Grant date: Dec 27, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 6, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/168
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A rear area monitoring device for a vehicle includes one or more distance sensors configured to determine the distance of the rear of the vehicle from an obstacle, and at least one electronic control device configured to evaluate the data collected by the distance sensor(s) and to determine a distance signal that indicates the current distance of the rear of the vehicle from the obstacle. The electronic control device includes at least one input connection for a position sensor configured to detect the position of at least one adjustable vehicle component that, in certain positions, projects beyond the rear of the vehicle. The electronic control device is configured to determine the distance signal depending upon the signal of the position sensor.