Audi Ag

Florian Schwensfeier

Christoph Weigand

Christian Schmell

Johannes Kniep

Günter Hildebrandt

The present disclosure relates to an assistance system for a first vehicle, comprising a detection unit for detecting accident- and/or breakdown-related data from at least one device in a vehicle, a position determining unit for determining the current position of the first vehicle, an evaluation unit for evaluating data detected by the detection unit and the position determining unit, and a communication unit for issuing data using radio signals&#x2014;automatically or following the triggering of an actuating unit in the vehicle&#x2014;concerning an area around the current position of the first vehicle to be avoided by other road users using the communication unit if the evaluation unit has determined&#x2014;based on the evaluation of the data collected&#x2014;that the first vehicle has suffered an accident or that the first vehicle has experienced a breakdown.

Assistance system and method for transferring data regarding an accident or a breakdown of a vehicle

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and a system for determining a route from a motor vehicle location to a destination, in which a vehicle control unit transmits an emergency call to a recipient of a central exchange. In the process, a computing device at the central exchange determines the route to the destination. In the process, the computing device of the central exchange takes into account, in selecting the destination, a first time period which the motor vehicle requires to traverse the route and a second time period which a rescue vehicle requires to reach the destination. The computing device selects the destination such that a sum of the two time periods is minimal.

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Oberhausen, Germany

Florian Schwensfeier