REAR AREA MONITORING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE, ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT AND VEHICLE HAVING A REAR AREA MONITORING DEVICE

摘要

The invention relates to a rear area monitoring device for a vehicle (1, 2), wherein the rear area monitoring device has one or more distance sensors (6, 11) which are arranged in order to determine the distance of the rear (23) of the vehicle from an obstacle (3), and wherein the rear area monitoring device has at least one electronic control device (20, 25) which is designed to evaluate the data (D) collected by the distance sensor or sensors (6, 11) and to determine a distance signal (A) which indicates the current distance of the rear of the vehicle (23) from an obstacle (3), wherein the electronic control device (20, 25) has at least one input connection (24) for a position sensor (15) which is designed to detect the position of at least one adjustable vehicle component (10, 19) which in certain positions projects beyond the rear of the vehicle (23), wherein the position sensor (15) can be connected via the inlet connection (24) to the electronic control device (20, 25), and the electronic control device (20, 25) is designed to determine the distance signal (A) depending upon the signal of the position sensor (15). The invention also relates to an electronic control device of such a rear area monitoring device and to a vehicle having an adjustable vehicle component which in certain positions projects beyond the rear of the vehicle and such a rear area monitoring device.