VEHICLE WITH DISTANCE MONITORING DEVICE
A vehicle has a distance monitoring device, which can be switched between a first operating mode for detecting the distance to an obstacle located in travelling direction and a second operating mode for measuring a distance transversely to the travelling direction to an obstacle and outputting a signal in real time that is representative of the measured distance.
1 . A vehicle, comprising:
with a distance monitoring device that is configured to supports a first operating mode for detecting a distance measured in a travelling direction to an obstacle,
wherein the distance monitoring device is further configured to support a second operating mode for measuring a distance transversely to the travelling direction to an obstacle and outputting a signal in real time that is representative of the measured distance.
2 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the distance monitoring device comprises sender-receiver unit on a bumper of the vehicle.
3 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first operating mode of the distance monitoring device is manually settable.
4 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the distance monitoring device is configured to switch between the first operating mode and the second operating mode as a function of a travelling speed.
5 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the distance monitoring device is configured to monitor the distance to an obstacle on a driver side of the vehicle in the second operating mode.
6 . The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the signal assumes discrete values, preferentially two or three discrete values.
7 . The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein a limit value of the distance, above which the signal assumes a first value, and below which it assumes a second value of approximately 1 m.
8 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a signal generator activated by an output of the distance monitoring device that generates a perceptible signal.
9 . The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the signal generator is an acoustic signal generator.
10 . The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the signal generator is arranged on a monitored side of the vehicle.
11 . The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein a limit value of the distance, above which the signal assumes a first value, and below which it assumes a second value below between approximately 0.75 and approximately 0.4 m.
12 . The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the signal assumes at least two or three discrete values.
13 . The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the signal assumes at least three discrete values.