US 11,790,782 B2
Warning about a hazardous situation in road traffic
Matthias Klawitter, Braunschweig (DE); Onno Sundermann, Braunschweig (DE); and Eduard Seib, Wolfsburg (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/610,491
Filed by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/060592
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/229077, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 206 876.6 (DE), filed on May 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0223044 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/161 (2013.01) [G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for warning about a hazardous situation in road traffic, comprising:
identifying the hazardous situation by an electronic vehicle guidance system of a motor vehicle;
determining an effective range of the motor vehicle depending on a speed of the motor vehicle;
determining, using a warning system of the motor vehicle, whether a road user is located within the effective range; and
if the road user is located within the effective range, transmitting a warning signal to the road user by the warning system depending on the identified hazardous situation before an automatic reaction to the hazardous situation is initiated or prepared by the electronic vehicle guidance system.