US 12,340,694 B2
Device and method for avoiding collisions between a turning combination vehicle and a road user
Deepak Sharma, Hoshiarpur Punjab (IN)
Assigned to Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/093,411.
Claims priority of application No. 22159956 (EP), filed on Mar. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0282113 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC G08G 1/166 (2013.01) [B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/0953 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2554/4044 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4045 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing a traffic situation associated with a road user and a turning combination vehicle, the combination vehicle comprising a first vehicle unit and a second vehicle unit, the method comprising:
obtaining sensor data from a set of sensors, wherein the sensor data is indicative of traffic information from respective sides of the first and the second vehicle units, wherein the traffic information is indicative of respective turning motions of the first and the second vehicle units, and a position of the road user, wherein the sensor data is further indicative of dimensions of objects loaded or mounted on the combination vehicle,
based on the respective turning motions of the first and the second vehicle units, determining respective trajectories of the first and the second vehicle units, wherein determining the respective trajectories of the first and the second vehicle units is based on dimensions of the respective first and the second vehicle units and further based on the dimensions of the objects loaded or mounted on the combination vehicle,
based on the determined trajectories, establishing a region of interest extending along the determined trajectories,
determining whether the position of the road user is within the established region of interest, and
when the position of the road user is determined to be within the established region of interest, triggering a preventive action, wherein triggering the preventive action comprises any two or more of the following:
triggering an alert,
reducing a speed of the combination vehicle,
triggering an emergency stop of the combination vehicle, and
limiting a steering wheel angle of the first vehicle unit.