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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2017
Trw Automotive Gmbh, Alfdorf, DE;
Karl-Heinz Glander, Monheim, DE;
TRW AUTOMOTIVE GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
Control system, which is adapted for application in a vehicle and intended to detect following vehicles on the basis of environmental data which are obtained from one or several environmental sensors disposed on the vehicle. The environmental sensors are adapted to provide an electronic controller of the control system with the environmental data which reflect the area in front of, laterally next to and/or behind the vehicle. The control system is at least adapted and intended to detect one or several other vehicles participating in traffic behind the own vehicle with the environmental sensors. A lane associated with each other vehicle, in which the other vehicle(s) drive(s), is detected. A traffic density of the own lane and/or of at least one adjacent lane by the other vehicle(s) is determined. On the basis of the determined traffic density (i) an indication on a safe or unsafe lane change to a specific of the at least one adjacent lane is output and/or (ii) an autonomous lane change to the specific of the at least one adjacent lane is performed by the own vehicle if the determined traffic density allows a safe change of lane.