Abstract:
Present invention discloses a method and a system for assessing a vehicle driver's excessive workload due to the driver's performance of secondary tasks and responsively adapting a subsystem of the vehicle's operation based thereupon, said method comprising: taking a series of measurements of a driver's head or eye movement variability and inputting the measurements to a computer processor for analysis; analysing the input measurements using the computer processor and determining therefrom whether an excessive amount of driver attention is being paid to a secondary task based on an assessment of driver workload; and tailoring performance of a subsystem of the vehicle based upon said assessment of the driver's excessive level of workload and thereby assuring that behaviour of the vehicle appropriately matches the driver's present level of attentiveness to driving control tasks, as well as a computer program and a computer program product for performing such a method.
Abstract:
A driving intention estimation, driver assistance and vehicle with the driver assistance for providing a stable estimation of a driver's driving intention even if detection of a relationship between an own vehicle and lane markers is lost. A plurality of imaginary drivers of a first type and a second type, each being given a respective driving intention, are provided. When detection of lane markers is reliably kept, a driving intention by a real driver is estimated based on a comparison between an operation of the real driver to operations of the imaginary drivers of the first type that are calculated based on the relative positional relationship of the own vehicle to the detected lane marker. When the detection of lane markers is lost, operations of the plurality of imaginary drivers are calculated based on the relative positional relationship of the own vehicle to a preceding vehicle. In response to the status of detection of the lane marker, either the imaginary drivers of the first type or the second type are selected.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a system for evaluating the driving environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of the vehicle in the lane thereof, comprising an electronic controller, connected to a signal generator, for generating a characteristic signal of the desired speed of the motor vehicle, a signal generator, for generating a characteristic signal of the rotation rate of the motor vehicle about the vertical axis thereof, a signal generator for generating a characteristic signal of the objects located in the space to the front of the motor vehicle in the direction of travel of the motor vehicle with regard to the separation and orientation thereof relative to the motor vehicle, which gives the speed relative to said motor vehicle and/or the separation relative to said motor vehicle and/or the angular offset or the lateral offset relative to the longitudinal axis of said vehicle and a signal generator for generating a characteristic signal of the speed of at least one wheel of the motor vehicle. Said electronic controller is also connected to at least one controlling device having influence on the driving properties of the motor vehicle by supplying the above with output signals derived from the driving properties of the motor vehicle in front of said motor vehicle. In said system, the electronic controller recognise the lane change manoeuvre of the of the motor vehicle when the modification of the angular offset or the lateral offset of the target vehicle with respect to the longitudinal axis of said vehicle is higher than a given threshold value and equal to the speed of the vehicle but opposite in sign thereto, the driving properties of the vehicle being independent of the driving properties of the motor vehicle.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a system for evaluating the driving environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of said vehicle. Said system comprises an electronic control unit, connected to the following: a signal generator which emits a signal that characterises the desired speed for the motor vehicle; a signal generator which emits a signal that characterises the rotational speed of the motor vehicle about its vertical axis; a signal generator which emits a signal that characterises objects situated in the space preceding the motor vehicle in the driving direction, in terms of their distance and orientation in relation to the motor vehicle, said signal representing the speed and/or the distance and/or the angular offset or lateral position in relation to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle equipped with the system; and a signal generator which emits a signal that characterises the speed of at least one wheel of the motor vehicle. The electronic control unit is also connected to at least one control device that influences the driving behaviour, in order to feed said device output signals, derived from the driving behaviour of the target motor vehicle that precedes the vehicle equipped with the system. Said system is characterised in that if a target motor vehicle leaves the detection area preceding the vehicle equipped with the system, the electronic control unit generates a control signal, which limits the current speed or current acceleration of the vehicle equipped with the system for a certain distance to a maximum value that essentially corresponds to the distance between the vehicle equipped with the system and the target motor vehicle, at the moment when the latter left the detection area.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a system for evaluating the driving environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of the vehicle in the lane thereof, comprising an electronic controller, connected to a signal generator, for generation of a signal characteristic of the desired speed of the motor vehicle, a signal generator, for generation of a signal characteristic of the rotation rate of the motor vehicle about the vertical axis thereof, a signal generator, for generation of a signal characteristic of the objects located in the space to the front of the motor vehicle in the direction of travel of the motor vehicle with regard to the separation and orientation thereof relative to the motor vehicle, which gives the speed relative to said motor vehicle and/or the separation relative to said motor vehicle and/or the angular offset or the lateral offset relative to the longitudinal axis of said vehicle and a signal generator for generation of a signal characteristic of the speed of at least one wheel of the motor vehicle and also connected to at least one controller, having influence on the driving properties of the motor vehicle. The system supplies the above with output signals derived from the driving properties of the motor vehicle in front of said motor vehicle, whereby, in order to determine the midline of the lane of said vehicle in the space recorded in front of the motor vehicle, the radius of curvature (R) of the curve of the track followed by the centre point of said motor vehicle is modified in the electronic controller relative to an instantaneously predicted lane by means of the change in the angular plot of the preceding object and/or the absolute position of the preceding object.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Fahrassistenzsystem für ein auf einer Fahrspur (4) fahrbares Kraftfahrzeug (1), wobei das Fahrassistenzsystem einen Radarsensor (50, 51, 53, 59, 60, 61, 70) oder einen Lasersensor zur Bestimmung eines Abstandes (dHL, dHR) zwischen dem Kraftfahrzeug (1) und einem im wesentlichen neben der Fahrspur (4) liegenden Hindernis (2, 8), zur Bestimmung eines Abstandes (dL) zwischen zumindest zwei Hindernissen (2, 8) vor dem Kraftfahrzeug (1) oder zur Bestimmung einer Geschwindigkeit (vH) eines Hindernisses (2) sowie eine Fahrassistenzsteuerung (71) zur Bestimmung eines Lenkwinkelkorrekturwertes, zur Bestimmung eines Bremskorrekturwertes Hindernis oder zur Ausgabe einer Abstandswarninformation in Abhängigkeit des Abstandes (dHL, dHR) zwischen dem Kraftfahrzeug (1) und dem im wesentlichen neben der Fahrspur (4) liegenden Hindernis (2, 8), des Abstandes (dL) zwischen den zumindest zwei Hindernissen (2, 8) vor dem Kraftfahrzeug (1) oder der Geschwindigkeit (vH) des Hindernisses (2) aufweist.
Abstract:
A traveling control system with a state display apparatus is comprised of a speed range display (1-9) disposed along a scale of a speedometer and a controller coupled with the speed range display. The controller (30) commands the speed range display to display a set-condition speed range indicative that it is possible to set a vehicle traveling control, when the vehicle traveling control by the vehicle traveling control system is not set. The controller commands the speed range display to display a control-condition speed range indicative that it is possible to continue the vehicle traveling control, when the vehicle traveling control is set.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for optically scanning a scene (B) during which the light beam (LS) is diverted inside the prism (PS) by total reflection on a lateral wall of the prism toward the scene and is preferably projected onto the scene via a lens device (OS). The angle of reflection of the light beam is varied by rotating the prism thereby moving the light beam over the scene to be scanned.
Abstract:
A multiple beam array antenna system comprises a plurality of radiating elements provided from stripline-fed open-ended waveguide coupled to a Butler matrix beam forming network. The Butler matrix beam forming network is coupled to a switched beam combining circuit. The antenna can be fabricated as a single Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) circuit.
Abstract:
A radar detection process includes computing a derivative of an FFT output signal to detect an object within a specified detection zone. In one embodiment, a zero crossing in the second derivative of the FFT output signal indicates the presence of an object. The range of the object is determined as a function of the frequency at which the zero crossing occurs. Also described is a detection table containing indicators of the presence or absence of an object within a respective radar beam and processing cycle. At least two such indicators are combined in order to detect the presence of an object within the detection zone and with changing range gates in each of the antenna beams the coverage of the detection zone can be varied.