System and method for the detection of a second vehicle in a detection zone of a first vehicle
A detection system designed to be mounted in a first vehicle. The detection system has a detection device configured to detect the presence of a second vehicle in a detection zone of the first vehicle, an alert device configured to generate a first stimulus perceptible by the driver of the first vehicle if a second vehicle is present in the detection zone, and a monitoring device configured to detect a reaction by the driver of the first vehicle in response to the first stimulus. The alert device is configured to generate a second stimulus in case of reaction by the driver of the first vehicle in reaction to the first stimulus.
1. A detection system designed to be mounted in a first vehicle, the detection system comprising a detection device configured to detect the presence of a second vehicle in a detection zone of the first vehicle, an alert device configured to generate a first stimulus perceptible by the driver of the first vehicle if a second vehicle is present in the detection zone, a monitoring device configured to detect a reaction by the driver of the first vehicle in response to the first stimulus, the alert device being configured to generate a second stimulus in case of reaction by the driver of the first vehicle in reaction to the first stimulus.
2. The detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the second stimulus is generated so as to be perceptible by the driver of the second vehicle.
3. The detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the first stimulus is a first light signal and/or wherein the second stimulus is a second light signal.
4. The detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the first stimulus is a first light signal generated by a light indicator.
5. The detection system according to claim 4 , wherein the second stimulus is a second light signal generated by the light indicator or by an additional light indicator separate from the light indicator.
6. The detection system according to claim 5 , wherein the second light signal is emitted with a color different from that of the first light signal and/or with a blinking or steady display mode different from that of the first light signal.
7. The detection system according to claim 4 , wherein the light indicator is located on a rearview mirror of the first vehicle, in particular a side view mirror of the first vehicle associated with the detection zone.
8. The detection system according to claim 4 , configured to display the light indicator on a display screen configured to display images acquired by a rearview camera arranged to film the scene located behind the first vehicle.
9. The detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the alert device is configured to generate a third stimulus in the absence of reaction from the driver of the first vehicle to the first stimulus detected by the monitoring device.
10. The detection system according to claim 1 , configured such that the detection of the perception of the first stimulus by the driver of the first vehicle by the monitoring device triggers the generation of the second stimulus by the alert device.
11. The detection system according to claim 1 , wherein said detection system is devoid of any entry unit such as a physical switch, a virtual button on a screen or a voice command, wherein said detection system is configured to allow the driver of the first vehicle to indicate that he has taken into account the presence of said second vehicle without using said entry unit.
12. A detection method comprising detecting the presence of a second vehicle in a detection zone of a first vehicle using a detection device, generating a first stimulus perceptible by the driver of the first vehicle if a second vehicle is present in the detection zone, detecting a reaction by the driver of the first vehicle in response to the first stimulus using a monitoring device, and generating a second stimulus in case of reaction by the driver of the first vehicle in response to the first stimulus.
13. The detection method according to claim 12 , wherein the first stimulus is a first light signal generated using a light indicator, and the second stimulus is a second light signal generated using the same light indicator as the first stimulus, the first light signal and the second light signal being different.
14. The detection method according to claim 12 , wherein the first stimulus is a first light signal generated using a light indicator and the second stimulus is a second light signal generated using an additional light indicator separate from the light indicator.
15. The detection method according to claim 12 , wherein the second stimulus is generated so as to be perceptible by the driver of the second vehicle located in the detection zone of the first vehicle.
16. The detection method according to claim 12 , comprising generating a third stimulus if no reaction is detected from the driver of the first vehicle to the first stimulus.
17. A detection system designed to be mounted in a first vehicle, the detection system comprising a detection device configured to detect the presence of a second vehicle in a detection zone of the first vehicle, an alert device configured to generate a first stimulus that is a light signal perceptible by the driver of the first vehicle if a second vehicle is present in the detection zone, a monitoring device configured to detect whether the driver of the first vehicle has looked at the light signal, the alert device being configured to generate a second stimulus in case the driver of the first vehicle has looked at the light signal.