Daimler Ag

Matthias Gut

Jurgen Trost

Juergen Trost

Gert Volk

Ursula Voss

Lorenz Schaefers

Wolfram Mendt

Heiko Doerr

Ingo Scherhaufer

In a method for monitoring the condition of a vehicle driver, the markings () of the lane in which the vehicle is moving are detected and a direction of travel which the vehicle has to follow in order to stay in the lane is determined. In this case, the vehicle driver is assisted in staying in the lane by the steering wheel being automatically centered. If the vehicle exactly follows the determined direction of travel over a certain period of time, this is a sign that the vehicle driver is not actively steering the vehicle, and a warning signal is generated.

Active lane assistant

A method and apparatus for triggering automatic emergency braking in a vehicle, such as a truck, provides an assistance function for avoiding or mitigating the effects of a rear end collision with a vehicle traveling ahead. A driver warning is triggered if a predefined warning condition requires that an automatic emergency braking process is triggered, but only after the expiration of a predefined warning time period, in order to avoid the vehicle having a rear end collision with the vehicle traveling ahead.

Method and device for triggering an automatic emergency braking process of a vehicle

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Reutlingen, Germany

Matthias Gut