A side collision avoidance system and method for a vehicle combines data from radar sensors mounted on front and rear surfaces of the vehicle with data from ultrasonic sensors mounted on side surfaces of the vehicle, and detects obstacles on the basis of the combined data, so as to increase accuracy in the detection of obstacles and predict the probability of collisions with obstacles with high accuracy. The system includes: radar sensors detecting an obstacle around the vehicle; ultrasonic sensors detecting the obstacle around the vehicle; a controller combining sensor data from the radar sensors with sensor data from the ultrasonic sensors to generate combined data, detecting the obstacle on the basis of the combined data, and predicting collision or non-collision with the detected obstacle on the basis of the combined data; and a brake driver braking the vehicle when the collision is predicted.

A front impact mitigation system for a host vehicle and a method for operating a front impact mitigation system. The front impact mitigation system can take into account the position of a rear object that trails the host vehicle to develop a modified front impact mitigation control signal that at least partially mitigates the likelihood of certain rear impact collisions between the rear object and the host vehicle when the host vehicle is responding to the presence of an impending leading obstacle. A modified front impact mitigation control signal may be developed to account for the speed of the host vehicle and the distance that the rear object trails the host vehicle.

The invention relates to a method for detecting an object in an opening area of a first door (5) of a motor vehicle (1) using at least one first distance sensor (9, 10, 11), the at least one first distance sensor (9, 10, 11) being arranged in and/or on the first door (5) and having a detection area (17, 18, 19), in which a current opening angle (α2) of the first door (5) is detected and the detection area (17, 18, 19) is adapted on the basis of the detected opening angle (α2), a state variable of at least one component of the motor vehicle (1) which differs from the first door (5) being determined, the state variable describing a position and/or an operational setting of the at least one component, and the detection area (17, 18, 19) of the at least one first distance sensor (9, 10, 11) additionally being adapted on the basis of the determined state variable.

The invention relates to a device, to a vehicle, and to a method for measuring a dimension between at least two points on surfaces. The device comprises an image-generating apparatus configured to scan the surroundings of the vehicle, and a display apparatus configured to display a representation of the surroundings of the vehicle. The device also includes an input apparatus configured to define at least two points as measuring points between which a dimension is to be determined in the displayed representation, a surroundings sensor configured to sense a distance and a direction of each of the measuring points with respect to the vehicle, and an evaluation apparatus configured to determine the dimension based on the sensed distances and directions of the measuring points, wherein the evaluation apparatus is further configured to output the determined dimension.

A robot sensor arrangement system. At least one sensor assembly is arranged on a robot body (20), wherein the sensor assembly comprises image sensors (1001, 1002) and a first inertial sensor (1007), and the positions of the image sensors (1001, 1002) relative to the first inertial sensor (1007) are fixed such that the image sensors and the first inertial sensor (1007) do not move as external physical conditions, such as vibration and temperature change. The included angle between the positions of the image sensors (1001, 1002) and a vertical axis is in a first angle range so as to ensure the robot can autonomously sense the surrounding environment to improve the capability of autonomous obstacle avoidance and the robustness of a robot system.

An assembly of a wheel hub on a wheel carrier for a vehicle, in which the wheel hub, on which at least one wheel of the vehicle is fastenable in a rotationally-fixed manner, is rotatably mounted via a wheel bearing on the wheel carrier, including at least one surroundings sensor at least partially arranged in the wheel hub, by which at least a part of the surroundings of the vehicle can be registered.

A working vehicle includes a vehicle body, an obstacle detector to detect an obstacle in a vicinity of the vehicle body, at least one lamp to be lighted on a peripheral portion of the vehicle body, and an attachment bracket attached to the vehicle body. The attachment bracket includes an attachment body including a detector-attaching portion to which the obstacle detector is attached, and at least one lamp-attaching portion to which the at least one lamp is attached.

A method of indicating to an operator of a work vehicle a relative location of an object, an object indication system, and a work vehicle are provided. The method includes sensing the object with one or more sensors positioned at one or more sensor positions on the work vehicle and activating one or more indicators positioned at one or more indicator positions relative to the operator based on the sensing of the object with the one or more sensors. Each sensor position directionally corresponds to one or more of the indicator positions.

An autonomous vehicle includes: a plurality of side laser radars respectively provided on a plurality of side portions of the autonomous vehicle, each of the plurality of side laser radars being partially embedded in a corresponding side portion of the plurality of side portions; and a top laser radar provided on a top portion of the autonomous vehicle and configured to obtain environmental information around the autonomous vehicle together with the plurality of side laser radars. By providing the plurality of laser radars, a sensing blind spot of the autonomous vehicle may be avoided.

A graphical ultrasonic module and driver assistance system are provided. The graphical ultrasonic module includes an ultrasonic sensor array and an ultrasonic transmitter array. The ultrasonic sensor array includes three or more ultrasonic sensors, and the ultrasonic sensors form a virtual plane. The ultrasonic transmitter array includes a plurality of ultrasonic transmitters. The geometric center of the ultrasonic transmitter array is substantially the same as the geometric center of the ultrasonic sensor array.