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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
May. 19, 2009
Jens Bammert, Stuttgart, DE;
Klaus Hoffsommer, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Simon Kossmann, Weissach, DE;
Vsevolod Vovkushevsky, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Jens Bammert, Stuttgart, DE;
Klaus Hoffsommer, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Simon Kossmann, Weissach, DE;
Vsevolod Vovkushevsky, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Abstract
The invention describes a method for the operation of a driving assistance system when parking a vehicle () in a lateral parking space () along a carriageway, in which below a particular activation speed and during the search for a parking space, possible parking spaces () are measured and an information item indicating that a suitable parking space () has been found is output to the driver for a parking space () of sufficient length for the vehicle (), wherein the rear area () of the vehicle () is monitored when the activation speed is undershot during the search for a parking space, and the driver of the vehicle () is warned of a potential shunt accident as a result of a sudden braking maneuver when there is a following vehicle () in the rear area (). In addition, it describes a driving assistance apparatus for carrying out the method and a computer program product which prompts a microprocessor having associated memory means to carry out the method.