Safety System for a Means of Transportation and a Method Relating to the Same

(54) SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND A METHOD RELATING TO THE SAME

(76) Inventors: Frank Ewerhart, Weinsberg (DE);

Uwe Werner, Frankfurt (DE); Heiko
Freienstein, Weil der Stadt (DE); Jan
Tilp, Grobenzell (DE); Joachim
Selinger, Stuttgart (DE); Soenke
Carstens-Behrens, Bonn (DE);
Markus Hagemann, Gerlingen (DE)

Correspondence Address:
KENYON & KENYON LLP
ONE BROADWAY
NEW YORK, NY 10004 (US)

(21) Appl. No.: 10/590,612

(22) PCT Filed: Jan. 5, 2005
(86) PCT No.: PCT/EP05/50029

§ 371(c)(1),

(2), (4) Date: Jun. 8, 2007 (30) Foreign Application Priority Data

Feb. 24, 2004 (DE) 10 2004 008 894.2

Publication Classification

(51) Int. CI.

G08G 1/16 (2006.01)

(52) U.S. CI 701/301

(57) ABSTRACT

In order to enhance a safety system, in particular an accident avoidance system for a means of transportation, in particular a motor vehicle, having at least one steering system and at least one brake system in such a way that an avoidance maneuver initiated by the operator of the means of transportation when approaching an obstacle is supported with respect to both the device and the method, thus preventing an accident through collision, the evaluation unit determines at least one driving variation, in particular at least one avoidance trajectory and/or at least one automatic emergency braking action from the data and information and when or after the operator of the means of transportation initiates a driving maneuver, in particular an avoidance maneuver or an emergency braking maneuver, the safety system, in particular the evaluation unit specifies, supports and/or suggests this driving maneuver in an optimized form, in particular in the form of an optimal avoidance trajectory or in the form of an automatic emergency braking.