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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2003
Michael Knoop, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Martin Heinebrodt, Stuttgart, DE;
Joachim Thiele, Tamm, DE;
Martin Staempfle, Ulm, DE;
Fred Oechsle, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Ulf Wilhelm, Rutesheim, DE;
Michael Knoop, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Martin Heinebrodt, Stuttgart, DE;
Joachim Thiele, Tamm, DE;
Martin Staempfle, Ulm, DE;
Fred Oechsle, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Ulf Wilhelm, Rutesheim, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method and a device for ascertaining the imminence of an unavoidable collision of a vehicle with an object, all locations within a determinable prediction time interval being predetermined as a function of the maximum possible longitudinal acceleration and lateral acceleration of the vehicle and of the at least one object. The imminence of an unavoidable collision between the vehicle and the object may be recognized, also taking into account the extension of the vehicle and of the at least one object.