Patent ID: 7974748
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: B60K,G06K

Abstract:
1. A driver assistance system comprising: a first interface for sensing external signals received from an environment of a vehicle and generating a first interface output signal, the first interface comprising projective sensors and non-projective sensors, a second interface for sensing internal signals of the vehicle and generating a second interface output signal, a first subsystem comprising a second subsystem for modeling a current internal state of the vehicle based on the second interface output signal, a third subsystem for modeling a driver intention, a fourth subsystem for analyzing the central model of the vehicle environment represented by the first subsystem in order to distinguish external environmental conditions relevant to the vehicle, and a fifth subsystem for ranking a hierarchy of action signals, the action signals generated based on the output signals of the second, the third and the fourth subsystems, wherein the ranking is based on the modeled driver intention, and for generating stimuli for an actuator of the vehicle or the driver based on a highest ranked action signal in the hierarchy.