US 12,391,249 B2
Apparatus and method for providing driver assistance of a vehicle
Adam Adwan, Coventry (GB); Andrew Lewin, Harbury (GB); and Runxiao Ding, Coventry (GB)
Assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Warwickshire (GB)
Appl. No. 17/267,731
Filed by JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
PCT Filed Jul. 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/070650
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/030499, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1813014 (GB), filed on Aug. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0213946 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G01S 13/42 (2006.01); G01S 13/58 (2006.01); G01S 13/72 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/87 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/66 (2006.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/87 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/14 (2013.01) [B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G01S 13/426 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); G01S 2013/9315 (2020.01); G01S 2013/9321 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9327 (2020.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for providing driver assistance of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising a first sensor and a second sensor mounted on a vehicle, wherein:
the first sensor is configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic radiation to detect the presence of an object in a first area;
the second sensor is configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic radiation to detect the presence of an object in a second area;
the first area and the second area overlap to define an overlapping area forward of the vehicle;
the first area extends from the overlapping area to a first extreme direction having a rearward component and a leftward component;
the second area extends from the overlapping area to a second extreme direction having a rearward component and a rightward component;
the apparatus is configured to provide a signal to an adaptive cruise control system without providing any cross traffic alert signal when an object is detected in the overlapping area; and
the apparatus is configured to provide a cross traffic alert signal when an object is detected by the first sensor in the first area but outside of the overlapping area or by the second sensor in the second area but outside of the overlapping area.