Method of detecting the braking of a vehicle

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of detecting the braking of a vehicle, the method being automatically performed by a device (100) provided in a first vehicle (170), the device being in communication with a detector (107) mounted to the first vehicle (170) and monitoring an area in front of the first vehicle, the method comprising the steps of
- acquiring data from the detector (107) which detects light emitted by the rear lights of a second vehicle (180) if the second vehicle is travelling ahead of the first vehicle (170) in the monitored area;
- analyzing the acquired data in order to detect an optical signal which is emitted by the rear lights (150) of the second vehicle (180) and which encodes information on a braking procedure performed by the second vehicle (180) comprising at least an indication on braking strength;
- evaluating the detected optical signal in order to derive the information on the braking procedure of the second vehicle (180) encoded therein.