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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2024
Daimler Truck Ag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Fridtjof Stein, Ostfildern, DE;
DAIMLER TRUCK AG, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Abstract
Surroundings in front of a vehicle are detected and the vehicle speed is reduced when the surroundings are partially shaded so the vehicle can be brought to a safe stop, without emergency braking, in front of an object located in the region of the shadowing in the lane in which the vehicle is travelling. In the event of a static detection of a reduced detection horizon less than a braking distance dependent on a current speed, the vehicle is decelerated such that the reduced detection horizon is again greater than the braking distance. Other road users in the surroundings of the vehicle are traced with sensors and shadowing by them and a resulting expected reduced detection horizon are determined in advance of a future point in time so that the vehicle speed is reduced and the expected reduced detection horizon at the time is again greater than the braking distance.