Patent ID: 9177470
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B60K,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for warning a driver of a vehicle about exceeding a speed limit, comprising: determining the speed limit and a driving speed of the vehicle; emitting a warning signal of a first type if the driving speed of the vehicle is greater than the speed limit, the warning signal of the first type being emitted when a location is passed, from which location the speed limit is valid, the warning signal of the first type being a visual warning; determining a reaction of the driver to the warning signal of the first type; and emitting with a time delay, a warning signal of a second type if the vehicle continues to exceed the speed limit after the warning signal of the first type, the warning signal of the second type being an audible warning, the time delay being calculated according to a difference between a current driving speed of the vehicle and the speed limit.