Method and device for avoiding a possible subsequent collision and for reducing the accident consequences of a collision

US9764719B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ulf Wilhelm · Rutesheim, DE
• Sybille Eisele · Hessigheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2014
• Grant date: Sep 19, 2017
• Expiry date: May 15, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/09626
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for avoiding a possible subsequent collision and for reducing the accident consequences of a collision, in which after a first collision of the vehicle with a further road user has taken place, an automatic braking intervention by a vehicle safety system is released according to a braking model by ascertaining vehicle data from the handling of the host vehicle, buffering the vehicle data ascertained in a memory, inferring the category of the road being traveled on at the moment from the buffered vehicle data, determining an initial distance as a function of the road category determined, and ascertaining the condition for releasing the brake using this initial distance.