Patent ID: 9566836
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B60C

Claim:
1. An apparatus for determining a driving situation of a vehicle to be monitored, comprising: a provider configured to provide measurement values, wherein the provider is configured to obtain the measurement values at non-equidistant sampling instants, wherein the measurement values comprise information relating to the driving situation of the vehicle to be monitored; an evaluator configured to evaluate a plurality of the measurement values with respect to a measure indicating a temporal variation of the plurality of measurement values; a comparator configured to compare the measure indicating the temporal variation of the plurality of measurement values with a predetermined comparison parameter, wherein the comparator is further configured to output a first comparison signal when the measure indicating the temporal variation of the plurality of measurement values falls below the predetermined comparison parameter, or wherein the comparator is further configured to output a second comparison signal when the measure indicating the temporal variation of the plurality of measurement values reaches or exceeds the predetermined comparison parameter, wherein the first comparison signal or the second comparison signal indicate the driving situation of the vehicle.