Patent ID: 9120462
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B60R,B60W

Abstract:
1. A vehicle driver assist arrangement comprising: road profile input means for providing road profile data representative of a profile of a road in front of a vehicle; current vehicle velocity means for providing current vehicle velocity data representative of a current velocity of the vehicle; a user interface; and processing means adapted to communicate with the road profile input means, the current vehicle velocity means and the user interface, the processing means configured to receive road profile data representative of a road profile in front of the vehicle from the road profile input means, and to receive current vehicle velocity data representative of a current velocity of the vehicle from the current vehicle velocity means; wherein the processing means is further configured to process the road profile data to detect if the road in front of the vehicle contains a curve which is hidden or at least partially hidden from an estimated sight of a driver, and to communicate with the user interface to issue a warning if a hidden or at least partially hidden curve is detected and if the current vehicle velocity exceeds a threshold velocity, and wherein the road profile data contains slope data representative of the slope over the road in front of the vehicle, and the detection of a hidden or at least a partially hidden curve is based on processing of the slope data to detect if a part of the road is hidden or at least partially hidden.