A rear side alarm area expansion method of a tractor-trailer combination vehicle according to the present invention includes determining whether a trailer is connected to a tractor using a rear side alarm sensor when a tractor-trailer combination vehicle travels, changing a normal mode to an expansion mode if it is determined that the trailer is connected to the tractor, adjusting a rear side alarm area based on a predetermined length of the trailer in the expansion mode, calculating an actual length Ym of the trailer, and resetting the rear side alarm area. According to the configuration of the present invention, since the alarm area is set on the basis of the actual length of the trailer, the vehicle may safely change lanes.
System and method for expanding rear side alarm area of tractor-trailer combination vehicle
2021-05-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS / B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPANDING REAR SIDE ALARM AREA OF TRACTOR-TRAILER COMBINATION VEHICLE
European Patent Office | 2020
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