Patent ID: 8593271
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: B60W,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for at least mitigation of a collision between a first vehicle driving in a first lane and a second vehicle driving in a second lane when the second vehicle changes lane from the second lane to the first lane, comprising: determining an impending lane change of the second vehicle from the second lane to the first lane with a first detecting apparatus of the first vehicle; determining a first distance of the second vehicle from the first vehicle with a second detecting apparatus of the first vehicle; determining a first position of the second vehicle with a third detecting apparatus of the first vehicle; comparing the first distance of the second vehicle from the first vehicle with a first predetermined threshold value, wherein the first predetermined threshold value is direction-dependent and the first distance of the second vehicle from the first vehicle is compared with the first predetermined threshold value in a direction of the first position of the second vehicle; and generating a first warning message to the second vehicle with signal device of the first vehicle if the first distance≦the first predetermined threshold value.