DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COLLISION RISK MANAGEMENT FOR VEHICLES

摘要

A device, a motor vehicle equipped with the device, a method, and a computer program product including program code to implement the method, for collision risk management pertaining to a vehicle including portions projecting outside a basic configuration of the vehicle, including determining a surrounding configuration as basis for collision risk determination, determining presence of portions projecting outside the basic configuration, determining if collision risk is present at the thus determined surrounding configuration and the thus determined total vehicle configuration, and for an operator of the vehicle indicating the thus determined collision risk.

主权项

1. A method for collision risk management pertaining to a vehicle comprising portions projecting outside a basic configuration of said vehicle, comprising the steps of:
determining a surrounding configuration as basis for collision risk determination; and determining presence of portions projecting outside said basic configuration by:
determining if collision risk is present at the thus determined surrounding configuration and a thus determined total vehicle configuration; andfor an operator of the vehicle indicating the thus determined collision risk.