Monitoring system for monitoring the surrounding area, in particular the area behind motor vehicles

摘要

A system for monitoring the area surrounding a vehicle, especially behind the vehicle and/or a connected trailer. The system includes distance sensors, which are arranged in a main plane and in at least one additional plane, for detecting objects in the respective monitoring region that pose a risk of collision and/or that limit passage height and/or width. The system also includes a device that evaluates the distance sensor signals to ascertain the current distance of the vehicle from the detected object and to compare the current distance against a predefinable, vehicle-specific setpoint distance value and to output a warning signal if a predefinable difference value therebetween is not reached. To cover the monitoring region both in area and height, additional distance sensors are arranged in at least one additional plane such that objects that cannot be identified by the sensors in the main plane can be detected over the entire width of the vehicle.

主权项

1. A monitoring system for monitoring the area surrounding a vehicle, the system comprising distance sensors arranged at a rear of the vehicle in a main plane and in at least one additional plane, the sensors being configured to detect objects in respective monitoring regions that at least one of present a risk of collision and limit at least one of passage height and passage width, ones of the sensors arranged in the at least one additional plane being arranged such that objects that are not detectable by any distance sensor in the main plane are detectable across an entire width of the vehicle; and a device configured to evaluate signals received from the distance sensors to determine a current distance of the vehicle from a detected one of the objects, to determine a difference between the current distance and a predefinable vehicle-specific setpoint distance, and to output a warning signal when the current distance falls below the difference between the current and setpoint distances.