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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2003
Heiko Doerr, Berlin, DE;
Matthias Gut, Reutlingen, DE;
Wolfram Mendt, Goslar, DE;
Lorenz Schaefers, Weilheim, DE;
Ingo Scherhaufer, Berglen, DE;
Juergen Trost, Grafenberg, DE;
Gert Volk, Stuttgart, DE;
Ursula Voss, Stuttgart, DE;
Heiko Doerr, Berlin, DE;
Matthias Gut, Reutlingen, DE;
Wolfram Mendt, Goslar, DE;
Lorenz Schaefers, Weilheim, DE;
Ingo Scherhaufer, Berglen, DE;
Juergen Trost, Grafenberg, DE;
Gert Volk, Stuttgart, DE;
Ursula Voss, Stuttgart, DE;
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for triggering automatic emergency braking in a vehicle, such as a truck, provides an assistance function for avoiding or mitigating the effects of a rear end collision with a vehicle traveling ahead. A driver warning is triggered if a predefined warning condition requires that an automatic emergency braking process is triggered, but only after the expiration of a predefined warning time period, in order to avoid the vehicle having a rear end collision with the vehicle traveling ahead.