Zf Cv Systems Europe Bv

Zf Cv Systems Global Gmbh

Richard Matthaei

Thomas Dieckmann

Janik Ricke

Waldemar Kamischke

Fabian Brickwedde

Adrian Costache

Kaustubh Joshi

Tim Koenings

Wei Hu

Kannan Shanthi Anbarasu

Fabian Brickwede

A method for preventing a subject vehicle from driving into a vehicle ahead includes equipping the subject vehicle with at least one brake system, a drive system and a driver assistance system with an emergency braking function. The method also includes issuing a haptic warning when the subject vehicle enters a distance warning zone, applying emergency braking on entering an emergency braking zone, and calculating a relative speed between the subject vehicle and the vehicle ahead. The method includes continuously calculating a time to collision (TTC) when approaching the vehicle ahead, specifying a first TTC threshold value for adaptive classification of a distance from the subject vehicle to the vehicle ahead, checking, when approaching the vehicle ahead, whether the TTC falls below the first TTC threshold value, and, if the TTC falls below the first TTC threshold value, issuing a haptic warning to a driver of the vehicle.

Method and device for preventing a subject vehicle from driving into a vehicle ahead, as well as vehicle and electronic processing unit

A method for environment perception with at least two independent imaging environment perception sensors, including analyzing images from the environment perception sensors by respective object detection algorithms, performing object detection repeatedly in succession for the respective environment sensors for dynamic object detection, entering the object detections together with position information in one or more object lists, correlating the object detections in the one or more object lists with one another, increasing an accuracy of object localizations by sensor fusion of the correlated object detections, determining a reliability region regarding each object detection by at least one environment perception sensor, and confining the sensor fusion of the object detections to the reliability region, wherein outside the reliability region, object localization takes place on the basis of the object detections by the at least one environment perception sensor to which the determined reliability region does not apply.

Method for capturing the surroundings using at least two independent imaging surroundings capture sensors, apparatus for performing the method, vehicle and appropriately designed computer program

A method for estimating a position of a trailer relative to a truck of a road train includes providing or obtaining a kinematic model of the road train, providing or obtaining a length estimation of the trailer, and measuring an articulation angle between the truck and the trailer. The method further includes determining a position of the trailer relative to the truck using the kinematic model, the length estimation, and the measured articulation angle.

Estimation of the trailer position relative to truck position and articulation angle between truck and trailer using an electromagnetic or optical sensor

A method for warning a driver of a vehicle (), in particular a truck, in turn maneuvers includes the following steps: generating (S) an adaptive monitoring area () for the vehicle () based on at least a maximum lateral acceleration () of the vehicle () at a current longitudinal velocity () of the vehicle (); identifying (S) a vulnerable road user (VRU) () within the adaptive monitoring area (); determining (S, S) a driver's intention to turn () the vehicle (); determining S) whether there is a collision risk between the vehicle () and the VRU (); and outputting a warning signal (SW) based on the determined collision risk.

Information, warning and braking request generation for turn assist functionality

A method for braking a vehicle, including checking whether a trigger criterion for braking the vehicle is present, and if the trigger criterion is satisfied, causing a conditioning braking pulse through brief pulsed braking such that passengers experience brief braking of the vehicle, and immediately thereafter initiating a braking phase in which the vehicle is braked in at least two partial braking regions by an actual ego deceleration that varies with respect to time, wherein each partial braking region is extended over a partial braking interval and merge into one another without the actual ego deceleration changing abruptly, and the actual ego deceleration in at least one of the partial braking regions is changed continuously over the respective partial braking interval such that a different actual jerk is obtained in each partial braking region, and wherein the actual jerk behaves degressively over at least some partial braking regions.

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