Driver assist system with image processing and wireless communication

US9919705B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Magna Electronics Inc. · US

Inventors

• Joern Ihlenburg · Berlin, DE
• Achim Gieseke · Groß-Umstadt, DE
• Bernhard Thaler · Eichenau, DE
• Goerg Pflug · Weil der Stadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2015
• Grant date: Mar 20, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 14, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2710/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A driver assist system for a vehicle includes a camera, a receiver and a control. The camera has a field of view exterior of the vehicle and is operable to capture image data. The receiver is operable to receive a wireless communication from a communication device disposed at another vehicle. The control includes a data processor that processes captured image data to detect objects. The wireless communication includes a car-to-car communication. The driver assist system, responsive at least in part to processing by the data processor of captured image data and to the wireless communication received by the receiver, determines a potential hazard existing in a forward path of travel of the equipped vehicle. The control, responsive at least in part to such determination, controls at least one vehicle function of the equipped vehicle to mitigate the potential hazard in the forward path of travel of the equipped vehicle.