- Patent Title: Method for assisting a driver of an ego-vehicle in making use of a gap between vehicles, corresponding driver assistance system and vehicle equipped with such driver assistance system
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Application No.: US16686771Application Date: 2019-11-18
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Publication No.: US10915770B2Publication Date: 2021-02-09
- Inventor: Martin Heckmann , Dennis Orth , Dorothea Kolossa
- Applicant: HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH
- Applicant Address: DE Offenbach/Main
- Assignee: HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH
- Current Assignee: HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Offenbach/Main
- Agency: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
- Priority: EP18206695 20181116
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; B60W30/095 ; B60W30/18 ; B60W50/14 ; G08G1/01

Abstract:
A method for assisting a driver of an ego-vehicle in making use of a gap between vehicles to enter a traffic flow at an intersection is suggested, comprising the following method steps: First, other vehicles in the environment of the ego-vehicle are physically sensed using at least one environment sensor mounted on the ego-vehicle. Second, a gap size of at least one gap between two successive vehicles are calculated in a processor based on the sensor's/sensors' output. An ego-vehicle driver's gazing behavior using at least one driver sensor mounted on the ego-vehicle is observed and analyzed and an assistance signal is generated based on the result of the analysis and the determined size of the at least one gap. Finally, a recommendation or warning perceivable for the ego-vehicle's driver is output in accordance with the assistance signal.
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