publication number DE202010013761 ( U1)
Release date: 2010-12-02
Inventor:
Applicant: PHILIP LEHMANN [DE] + (LEHMANN, PHILIP)
Classification:
International: B60W30/08; G08G1/16
European:
Application number: 20,100,929 DE201020013761U
Priority number (s): DE201020013761U takes 20,100,929
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translate this text description of DE 202010013761 (U1)
[0001] The present invention relates to a distance warning system for a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle.
[0002] therefore aware that the road to tailgating a significant risk of an accident carries. Especially on high traffic highway routes is not only the danger of collisions with serious consequences. Instead of tailgating from the preceding vehicle drivers regularly also feel uncomfortable. Often met to tailgating and the offense of coercion.
[0003] In addition to intensive police control measures are not yet known which may avoid to tailgating. It is therefore an object of the invention, a distance warning system for a vehicle to propose, which includes the aforementioned gap in the art. In particular, it should be at a be appropriate to set too close to the driver of a following vehicle ascended from the circumstances which should be proposed and the other system offers the driver the possibility of driving ahead, the driver of the vehicle too close ascended communicate that fact.
[0004] This object is achieved by a distance warning system according to claim 1 Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.
[0005] An inventive distance warning system for a vehicle includes a sensor unit and an output, the sensor unit is designed to determine a distance rearward of the vehicle to a following vehicle. The output is designed to output as a function of the determined distance from the sensor unit, a signal in the direction of the passenger compartment of the car behind.
[0006] In a preferred embodiment, the sensor unit on a repeated or continuous distance measurement and output to the output of a signal as a function of a determined approach or removal of the following vehicle is designed. In this embodiment it is therefore not possible to determine the actual distance to the next vehicle, but also the speed with which closely approximates to that of the preceding vehicle. In the case of this embodiment with reference to the additional information obtained, therefore, a further feature of the output can be controlled. If the output from the output of an optical signal, it can, for example, the luminous intensity, color spectrum or another characteristic of a person and his visually perceptible feature of emissive light. Regardless of which can also be used with a system that is designed solely to determine the vehicle distance, the distance depending on the output signal output varies in the aforementioned manner.
[0007] In the preferred embodiment, the intensity of the optical signal and / or extent of an active area of the output of the determined distance, the determined Approach, or the distance determined from the following vehicle. Depending on the determined distance or approach could thus determined the intensity of a light source, which is the output, or the extent of the illuminated area varies this to the driver of the car behind as intuitive to warn of the dangerous situation arising. Example, it could increase depending on distance, more and more decreasing distance of the vehicles or the light intensity of the light active area can be enlarged.
[0008] According to the invention preferably the proposed distance warning system is largely integrated into the vehicle side of existing technology. So it is in embodiments where the signal is an optical, for example, conceivable that the output, a cornering, brake light, a tail lamp, a part of the rear vehicle lighting or any part of the rear vehicle lighting includes. It is conceivable that activated when it falls below a certain minimum distance from the vehicle starting up a stop lamp or one or more of the On-cornering lights are. More preferably, the so-called third brake light as output in the context of the invention is used.
[0009] More preferably, the sensor unit includes, for the determination of the rearward displacement of the vehicle to a following vehicle radar sensors. It is also conceivable that the sensor unit takes advantage of those sensors, which may already be present on the vehicle side, for example, a parking aid.
[0010] In one embodiment, the output on a variety arranged in a surface light emitting diodes, each of which are determined by distance and determined approach enabled more or less.
[0011] Finally, the concept of the invention also includes embodiments in which the light emitted from the output signal is not directly perceived by the driver of the car behind. Rather, the signal from a receiver or sensor in the broadest sense be detected, which at an appropriate point of the trailing vehicle is provided. If it falls below a minimum distance of the sensor of the preceding vehicle determined, and sends the output to a corresponding signal to the passenger compartment of the car behind, it can be detected by the sensor of the following vehicle, so as a display or monitor in the area of to control vehicle cockpits of the following vehicle and issue an appropriate warning to the driver of the car behind. Since it is not absolutely necessary for this embodiment is that the sensor of the following vehicle in the passenger compartment that is disposed, but also for example in the front Bumpers can be integrated, the term "passenger" for this embodiment be construed accordingly far.
[0012] The disclosed in the above description and in the claims of the invention, both individually and in any combination for the realization of the invention be material.
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