Method for warning a vehicle driver of a tailgating third party vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016016509-A1
Application number	US-201414774033-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 11, 2014
Priority date	Mar 11, 2013
Publication date	Jan 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for warning a vehicle driver of a third party vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle, of a collision, the vehicle driver of the driving third party vehicle being warned by the host vehicle of an imminent collision with a correspondingly front host vehicle, and the vehicle driver of the tailgating third party vehicle is signaled the imminent collision with the host vehicle by a driver assistance system of the host vehicle. Also described is a computer program product, an arithmetic unit, or a processing device, which may be a control device or a control unit for a vehicle, as well as to a driver assistance system for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle.

First claim

1 - 10 . (canceled)

11 . A method for warning a vehicle driver of a third party vehicle of a collision, the method comprising:
warning a vehicle driver of a driving third party vehicle by a host vehicle of an imminent collision with a correspondingly front host vehicle; and signaling, via a driver assistance system of the host vehicle, the vehicle driver of the third party vehicle, which is about to cause a rear-end collision, of the imminent collision with the host vehicle.

12 . The collision warning method of claim 11 , wherein a piece of information about the imminent collision to be signaled to the vehicle driver of the third party vehicle which is about to cause a rear-end collision is generated by the driver assistance system of the host vehicle.

13 . The collision warning method of claim 11 , wherein the driver assistance system of the host vehicle outputs in the case of the imminent collision an acoustic signal and/or a visual signal to the vehicle driver of the tailgating third party vehicle and/or the host vehicle prepares and, if necessary, takes pre-safety measures.

14 . The collision warning method of claim 11 , wherein the visual signal, which signals the imminent collision between the vehicles, includes a lighting up, a blinking, a flashing or a permanent lighting up of a rear-end illuminant of the host vehicle.

15 . The collision warning method of claim 11 , wherein in the case of an already illuminated rear-end illuminant of the host vehicle, the rear-end illuminant starts blinking or flashing comparably rapidly.

16 . The collision warning method of claim 11 , wherein the visual signal, which signals the imminent collision between the vehicles, includes a lighting up, a blinking, a flashing or a permanent lighting up of a signal and/or a text on a rear end of a rear window of the host vehicle.

17 . The collision warning method of claim 11 , wherein at least one the following is satisfied:
in the case of the imminent collision between the vehicles, the signal is not an electrical or an electro-optical signal, the host vehicle drives, stands or stands still and/or the imminent collision between the two vehicles is an imminent rear-end collision, z rear-end illuminant of the host vehicle includes a braking light, a rear fog light, a flashing light or a backing-up light, the imminent collision is ascertained based on a rear-end sensor system of the environmental or surroundings sensor system of the driver assistance system of the host vehicle, and the rear-end sensor system of the driver assistance system of the host vehicle includes at least one of a rear-end radar, an ultrasonic sensor system, and a near-field video sensor system.

18 . A computer readable medium having a computer program, which is executable by a processor, comprising:
a program code arrangement having program code for warning a vehicle driver of a third party vehicle of a collision, by performing the following:
warning a vehicle driver of a driving third party vehicle by a host vehicle of an imminent collision with a correspondingly front host vehicle; and
signaling, via a driver assistance system of the host vehicle, the vehicle driver of the third party vehicle, which is about to cause a rear-end collision, of the imminent collision with the host vehicle.

19 . A control device or a control unit for a vehicle for warning a vehicle driver of a third party vehicle of a collision, comprising:
a warning arrangement to warn a vehicle driver of a driving third party vehicle by a host vehicle of an imminent collision with a correspondingly front host vehicle; and a signaling arrangement to signal, via a driver assistance system of the host vehicle, the vehicle driver of the third party vehicle, which is about to cause a rear-end collision, of the imminent collision with the host vehicle.

20 . A driver assistance system for a vehicle, comprising:
a computer readable medium having a computer program, which is executable by a processor, including a program code arrangement having program code for warning a vehicle driver of a third party vehicle of a collision, by performing the following:
warning a vehicle driver of a driving third party vehicle by a host vehicle of an imminent collision with a correspondingly front host vehicle; and
signaling, via a driver assistance system of the host vehicle, the vehicle driver of the third party vehicle, which is about to cause a rear-end collision, of the imminent collision with the host vehicle.

21 . The collision warning method of claim 11 , wherein a piece of information about the imminent collision to be signaled to the vehicle driver of the third party vehicle which is about to cause a rear-end collision is generated by the driver assistance system of the host vehicle, and wherein the piece of information about the imminent collision comes from an environmental or a surroundings sensor system of the driver assistance system of the host vehicle.

22 . The collision warning method of claim 11 , wherein in the case of an already illuminated rear-end illuminant, which is an already illuminated braking illuminant, of the host vehicle, the rear-end illuminant starts blinking or flashing comparably rapidly.

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Schleicher Roman

Classifications

• B60Q1/525 Primary

  automatically indicating risk of collision between vehicles in traffic or with pedestrians, e.g. after risk assessment using the vehicle sensor data · CPC title

• B60Q1/46

  for giving flashing caution signals during drive, other than signalling change of direction, e.g. flashing the headlights {or hazard lights} · CPC title

• B60W50/14

  Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention · CPC title

• B60W50/0097

  Predicting future conditions · CPC title

• B60Q5/006

  indicating risk of collision between vehicles or with pedestrians · CPC title