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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2021
Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
An electronic control unit for a vehicle. The electronic control unit including a memory region in which is stored a lookup table indicating, depending on a type of alert and on the distance between the vehicle and a traffic event relating to the alert, the need to send a response message to the alert signal. The electronic control unit being configured to: receive an alert signal relating to a traffic event containing the type of alert and the position of the traffic event, receive the predetermined position of the vehicle, determine the distance between the vehicle and the traffic event, determine, based on the lookup table and on the determined distance, whether or not there is a need to send a response message to the alert signal, and dispatch a command signal commanding a response message to be sent.