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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Fred Oechsle, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Wolfgang Branz, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Christian Schmidt, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 1/00 (2006.01); B62D 6/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and a device for assisting a driver of a vehicle to avoid collisions with obstacles are provided, in which method at least one obstacle is detected by way of at least one surroundings sensor, and data of the obstacle are ascertained. On the basis of the data of the obstacle and data of the vehicle, a vehicle deceleration that is favorable for assistance of an evasive operation is ascertained, and the vehicle is correspondingly decelerated.