Patent ID: 9429441
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G01C,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A device for installation in a utility vehicle for one of warning of and consideration of a driving restriction at least potentially produced by a traffic infrastructure, the device having: a receiver receiving at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information relating to the traffic infrastructure; a provision unit for providing one of the at least one item of utility-vehicle-relevant information and at least one item of information based thereon to the driver of the utility vehicle, and an ascertaining unit configured to ascertain, as a function of the one of received item of utility-vehicle-relevant information and at least one item of utility-vehicle-specific information and as a function of a predicted travel route for the utility vehicle, whether the traffic infrastructure produces a driving restriction that exists or is imminent for the utility vehicle, and a driving recommendation for the utility vehicle, the ascertaining unit being one of a computer, processor, and controller, wherein the predicted travel route includes at least one direct driver action detected by at least one sensor, the at least one driver action comprising at least one of setting a utility vehicle turn signal apparatus, a rotational movement of a utility vehicle steering wheel, and actuating a utility vehicle brake.