Patent ID: 8086406

Claim:
A safety system corresponding to an accident avoidance system and for a motor vehicle that includes at least one steering system and at least one brake system, comprising: at least one detection unit for detecting internal and external conditions including vehicle parameters and a vehicle environment; at least one evaluation unit, wherein: the at least one evaluation unit compiles conditions detected by the at least one detection unit in the form of data and information, the at least one evaluation unit evaluates the detected conditions with respect to a hazard potential, the at least one evaluation unit determines from the data and information at least one driving variation, the determination including determining which of an optimal avoidance trajectory and at least one automatic emergency braking action is warranted, and when or after an operator of the motor vehicle initiates a driving maneuver corresponding to one of an avoidance maneuver and an emergency braking maneuver, the at least one evaluation unit: outputs to the operator an optimized form of the driving maneuver corresponding to the optimal avoidance trajectory, in an instance where the at least one evaluation unit determines that the optimal avoidance trajectory is warranted; and at least one of outputs to the operator a warning and initiates the at least one automatic emergency braking action, in an instance where the at least one evaluation unit determines that the at least one automatic emergency braking action is warranted.