Patent ID: 8538674

Claim:
A collision avoidance/mitigation system for a vehicle, comprising: an input unit configured for inputting traffic-situation-related criteria and for determining traffic-situation-related threshold values; a sensing unit configured to sense objects in the vehicle surroundings, the sensing unit including at least one object-measuring system and at least one image-processing video system configured to determine the distance, width, relative speed, lateral offset and type of the surrounding objects; a measuring unit configured to determine the state of movement of the vehicle; a control unit configured to process information obtained from the input unit, the sensing unit and the measuring unit, and to generate control signals for actuating vehicle units that relate to the state of movement of the vehicle; an output unit for outputting the generated control signals; a brake system configured to automatically actuate brakes of the vehicle without driver intervention in response to the generated control signals; and an automated transmission configured to open a clutch and to interrupt torque flux in response to the brakes being actuated without driver intervention based on the control signals.