Patent ID: 11866053
Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 8:
9. A device for predicting, for a motor vehicle having at least one vehicle safety system and traveling on a first road segment, a future coefficient of friction between the tires of the vehicle and the roadway of a second road segment, the device comprising:
a communication module adapted to obtain operating parameters of the vehicle and at least one characteristic of the first road segment;
a computer adapted to compute an indicator on the basis of the obtained operating parameters of the vehicle;
a module for determining a frictional category of the vehicle according to the value of the computed indicator and of the at least one obtained characteristic of the road segment;
a module for selecting a friction profile of the vehicle on the basis of the determined frictional category;
a module for determining a coefficient of friction of the vehicle by applying the selected friction profile to at least one characteristic of the second road segment,, wherein the at least one characteristic of the first and second road segments comprises, for a considered segment:
a surface characteristic of the roadway; and
a surface weather characteristic; and, wherein the coefficient of friction of the vehicle is used for configuration of the at least one vehicle safety system.