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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2005
Applicants:
Juergen Boecker, Stuttgart, DE;
Dieter Hoetzer, Markgroenningen, DE;
Silvia Citelli, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/93 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A start assist system for motor vehicles, including a long-range locating system for determining the location of vehicles traveling ahead and a starting regulator for initiating and controlling a starting operation, wherein the locating system is combined with a near-range locating system for determining the location of objects directly ahead of the host vehicle and a decision unit is designed to suppress the starting operation in response to a signal from the near-range locating system.