Abstract:
A parking assist system for a vehicle is provided that includes a speed limiting controller configured to set a speed limit for the vehicle during a maneuver and an audio sensor configured to sense an ambient sound within the vehicle. The speed limiting controller is configured to reduce the speed limit based on the sensing of the ambient sound within the vehicle.
Abstract:
A vehicle includes a steering system, a vehicle speed detector, a brake system, and a control system. The control system is coupled with steering system for implementing a backup mode for reversing a trailer including controlling the steering system to maintain the trailer along a path. The control system is further coupled with the speed detector and the brake system and selectively outputs a rate-limited brake torque demand to the brake system to maintain a vehicle speed below a threshold speed.
Abstract:
A method and a device for an assistance system, e.g. a parking assistance system, perform an autonomous or semi-autonomous driving maneuver of a vehicle. A camera system generates image data from the surroundings of the vehicle. A processor arrangement processes the image data to produce control information that is used by the assistance system to perform the driving maneuver. If the image data show that a restriction or impediment is present, then the assistance system is put in a safe state.
Abstract:
The present disclosure describes a vehicle and a method for illuminating a region rearward of a vehicle. The vehicle comprises a braking system for braking the vehicle, a reverse gear for starting to drive the vehicle (10) in reverse, and a sensor for detecting an engaged reverse gear. Furthermore, a brake activating device connected to the sensor is provided, wherein the brake activating device activates the braking system automatically once the sensor has detected an engaged reverse gear, and wherein when the braking system is activated, at least one brake light of the vehicle can be switched on by means of a light switch-on device.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention provide a motor vehicle system, the system being operable to provide a visual indication to a driver of the vehicle of the position relative to the vehicle of one or more obstacles that lie in the vicinity of the vehicle, to predict a path of a vehicle by reference to a position of a steering wheel or steerable road wheel of the vehicle, and to determine whether any obstacles in the vicinity of the vehicle lie in the predicted path by reference to data in respect of the location of such obstacles, wherein if the system determines that one or more obstacles lie in the predicted path the system is operable to provide an audible indication to a driver of the vehicle of a distance of one or more obstacles from the vehicle according to a distance from the vehicle of an obstacle that lies in the predicted path.
Abstract:
A method and a system of determining a driving direction of a vehicle traveling at a low speed. The method includes determining whether the vehicle is in one of three states: (1) an uphill state in which the vehicle is located on an upward sloping surface, (2) a downhill state in which the vehicle is located on a downward sloping surface, and (3) a flat surface state in which the vehicle is located on a flat surface. The method also includes obtaining information from a plurality of vehicle sensors and determining a direction of movement of the vehicle based upon the determined state of the vehicle and information from the plurality of vehicle sensors.
Abstract:
A vehicle operating condition determining system determines, when a turning angle of wheels or a steering angle of a steering wheel changes, that the turning angle of the wheels or the steering angle of the steering wheel changes due to a driver's intention, under a condition that the magnitude of steering torque applied to a steering device is kept equal to or larger than a threshold value after the torque reaches a peak, for a period of time equal to or longer than a reference time.
Abstract:
The present system relates to driver-assistance systems providing a parking-assistance functionality, in which a vehicle brake system is actively controlled. Among other components, the parking assistance system includes a parking device for implementing a parking operation along a calculated parking trajectory, and an output device for outputting distance information about detected objects to a man-machine interface. The parking device is configured to brake only for the at least one parking-space-delimiting object (PLBO) detected prior to the parking operation, but not for a non-parking-space-delimiting object (non-PLBO) detected in the course of the parking operation. The output device is configured to output to the MMI only distance information about the non-PLBO, but no distance information about the PLBO during the parking operation.
Abstract:
A method for assisting a driver when parking or maneuvering a motor vehicle having at least one driver assistance system and a vehicle safety system is provided. The method includes the steps of detecting the surroundings and calculating a desired path in a calculation model, in which the differences in traveling distance between the individual wheels are monitored and determined by means of the vehicle safety system. The desired path is predicted in a calculation model by means of the differences in traveling distance, and detection of the surroundings is carried out by means of the driver assistance system. Furthermore, a system which is suitable to implement the method is provided.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and a device for assisting a parking process of a vehicle (1) into a parking space (P) which is arranged transversely with respect to a carriageway (F) and which is bounded on at least one side by a lateral boundary (10, 11), wherein the parking space (P) is measured by means of a measuring device, a parked position (G) of the vehicle (1) inside the parking space (P) is defined by means of an evaluation device, and a parking path (B) of the vehicle (1) into the parked position (G) is determined by means of the evaluation device.In order to assist the parking process in very wide parking spaces (P), the parked position (G) is defined at a lateral distance (d) from the centre longitudinal axis (L) of the parking space (P) by the evaluation device at least when a predefined minimum width (b-min) of the parking space (P) is exceeded.