Patent ID: 6856906

Claim:
A method of triggering and implementing a deceleration of a vehicle to at least one of avoid a collision and reduce severity of an impact with a object, the method comprising: detecting an object in a sensor detection range using a device for adaptive cruise control of the vehicle; determining measured variables for the detected object; assigning the detected object to one of a plurality of object classes on a basis of the measured variables for the detected object; predicting movement trajectories for the detected object on a basis of the assignment of the detected object to the one of the plurality object classes; determining a collision risk on a basis of the predicted movement trajectories and the assigned object class of the detected object; determining an injury risk is on a basis of the predicted movement trajectories and assigned object class of the detected object; and activating deceleration devices of the vehicle in an event of at least one of a preselectable collision risk and a preselectable injury risk.