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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2007
Hermann Koch-groeber, Stuttgart, DE;
Werner Uhler, Bruchsal, DE;
Marc Arnon, Ingolstadt, DE;
Danny Jaeger, Stuttgart, DE;
Hermann Koch-Groeber, Stuttgart, DE;
Werner Uhler, Bruchsal, DE;
Marc Arnon, Ingolstadt, DE;
Danny Jaeger, Stuttgart, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method and device for assisting in driving a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, having a surroundings detector for detecting at least a partial area of the surroundings of the vehicle, an output device for the output of information concerning the vehicle surroundings obtained from the surroundings detection to a driver, and an evaluation unit for determining a risk level based on the vehicle-surroundings information. To facilitate driving of the vehicle, it is provided that at least a portion of the vehicle-surroundings information provided for determining the risk level, and the risk level determined by the evaluation unit are output continuously by the output device to the driver during operation of the vehicle.