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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2008
Karsten Breuer, Lauenau, DE;
Hartmut Kitterer, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Karsten Breuer, Lauenau, DE;
Hartmut Kitterer, Neu-Ulm, DE;
WABCO GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for avoiding collision or for minimizing the collision severity in case of a collision, for vehicles, particularly for commercial vehicles, comprising an input unit for inputting criteria related to traffic conditions, and for determining threshold values related to traffic conditions, a detection unit for detecting objects in the environment of the vehicle, a measurement unit for determining the motion condition of the vehicle, a controller for processing the information obtained from the input unit, the detection unit, and the measuring unit, and for generating control signals for controlling the components related to the motion state of the vehicle, and an output unit for outputting the generated control signals. The invention further relates to a corresponding method and a computer program.