An emergency vehicle lighting system for increased concealment and improved illumination of emergency vehicles includes a motor vehicle having a perimeter wall including a rooftop. The motor vehicle has an interior bounded by the perimeter wall. A lighting assembly is coupled to the rooftop. The…
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for recognizing an emergency vehicle. An apparatus for recognizing an emergency vehicle is provided, including a processor; and a memory configured to store at least one instruction executed by the processor. The processor is configured to…
A computer-implemented method for warning road users of a hazardous operating condition of a heavy-duty vehicle. The method comprises obtaining, by a processor device of a computer system, a speed limit interval associated with a road on which a heavy-duty vehicle is travelling, and wherein the…
The technology relates to autonomous vehicles suffering a breakdown along a roadway. Onboard systems may utilize various proactive operations to alert specific vehicles or other objects on or near the roadway about the breakdown. This can be done alternatively or in addition to turning on the…
The invention relates to a safety system () for an autonomous vehicle (), the safety system () comprising at least one warning device () and a warning system (). The warning system () is configured to automatically detect an emergency situation based on a monitored operating mode of at least one…
A method for operating a beacon light of a machine is described. The method includes activating, by a processing unit, the beacon light based on a signal to indicate an operational state of the machine. The signal corresponds to one or more machine parameters in the operational state of the machine.
A security system is provided for an autonomous vehicle driving on a road. The autonomous vehicle has a sensor unit for collecting sensor information, and a planning unit for generating planning data for the autonomous vehicle. The security system is characterized by a reception module, configured…
A notification device provided in a vehicle including an autonomous driving system which causes the vehicle to travel by autonomous driving and to evacuate the vehicle when a failure occurs, includes a display unit configured to display information toward an outside of the vehicle, and a display…
An evacuation travelling control device has an evacuation direction judgment section for detecting an evacuation direction of an own vehicle during an evacuation travelling mode of the own vehicle and a light switching pattern generation section for generating a light pattern which relates to one…
The method involves monitoring at least the space (BR) to the side and rear of the driver's door to a defined width (b) and depth (a), detecting an object in the monitored space, determining its distance and speed, computing a warning distance as a function of the object speed and a defined…
The motor vehicle has a system (2) for detecting unintentional departures from a driving lane, a navigation or positioning system (3) and a device (5) for causing a call to an external station via a mobile telecommunications network using a telematic system (6) within the vehicle and/or for…
A device for emergency signaling of a stopped vehicle involved in an accident, comprising at least one emergency light source (11), to be arranged in a region that is visible from the outside of the vehicle, which is supplied by a dedicated power supply circuit (13) provided with at least one…
The system has an optical signaling device that is activated at least once for a short period, whereby the duration for which the optical signaling device is activated is selected so that it lies below a conscious threshold of perceptibility and above an unconscious threshold of perceptibility of…
The device installed on vehicles will be activated (according to the entering or the leaving of the highway toll) by the external stationary device fitted near the entry and exit toll points. Upon entering the highway with the activated device, an alarm signal will be emitted if another vehicle…
An apparatus for reminding a driver of a vehicle to drive on the correct side of a road, said apparatus comprising a base unit (1) and a trigger unit (2), said base unit (1) comprising reminding means (21,23), the arrangement being such that, in use, one of said base unit (1) and said trigger unit…