Patent ID: 6926374
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: B60T,B60W,B62D,G05D

Abstract:
1. Automatic brake and steering system for a vehicle, comprising a sensor unit configured to sense vehicle state variables, vehicle characteristic variables and ambient conditions, a control unit configured to generate actuation signals as a function of the sensed vehicle state variables and the ambient conditions, actuation signals being feedable to actuation devices in the vehicle to operate the vehicle brake and the vehicle steering system, the system being configured to determine a distance between a current vehicle position and an obstacle, to automatically drive along an avoidance path for driving around the obstacle in accordance with a stored avoidance strategy, to determine obstacle distances between the current vehicle position and each further obstacle when further obstacles are located in front of the vehicle as well as a minimum distance needed to bring the vehicle to a standstill, to determine differences between said minimum distance and said obstacle distances, to select an alternative avoidance path with a smallest difference between said minimum distance and obstacle distances, and to operate the vehicle brake and the vehicle steering system to follow the alternative avoidance path selected.