Introduction - BMW G12 Product Information

G12￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems
1.￿Introduction
The￿range￿of￿existing￿assistance￿systems￿has￿been￿expanded￿in￿the￿G12￿to￿include￿new￿innovative
systems.￿The￿interplay￿between￿the￿varied￿and￿intelligent￿assistance￿systems￿supports￿the￿driver￿in
every￿respect;￿from￿making￿driving￿more￿comfortable￿to￿providing￿the￿reassuring￿feeling￿of￿safety
on￿all￿roads.
The￿assistance￿systems￿help￿to￿make￿the￿driver's￿life￿easier￿by:
• providing￿the￿driver￿with￿information
• prompting￿the￿driver￿with￿suggestions
• automatically￿intervening￿in￿the￿driving￿process
This￿information￿bulletin￿contains￿an￿overview￿of￿all￿the￿assistance￿systems￿used￿in￿the￿G12:
• Camera-based￿collision￿warning
• Collision￿warning￿with￿city￿braking￿function
• Pedestrian￿warning￿with￿city￿braking￿function
• Road￿sign￿recognition
• Proactive￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant
• Lane￿departure￿warning
• Blind￿spot￿detection
• Side￿collision￿warning
• Alertness￿assistant
• Night￿vision
• Camera￿systems
• cross-traffic￿warning
• Park￿Distance￿Control
• Parking￿Maneuver￿Assistant
• Speed￿control
• Speed￿limit￿warning
• Steering￿and￿lane￿control￿assistant￿including￿traffic￿jam￿assistant
• Active￿Lane￿keeping￿assistant￿with￿active￿side￿collision￿protection
Identifying￿road￿users￿driving￿ahead￿as￿well￿as￿detecting￿objects￿and￿lane￿edges￿are￿among￿the￿most
important￿prerequisites￿for￿the￿assistance￿systems.￿This￿applies￿not￿only￿for￿the￿far￿range￿but￿also￿the
close￿range.
The￿optional￿functions￿available￿for￿the￿G12￿are￿implemented￿either￿as￿camera-based￿systems￿with￿a
shared￿camera￿and￿integrated￿control￿unit,￿or￿as￿sensor￿systems￿such￿as￿ultrasonic￿or￿radar￿sensors.
Evaluation￿signals￿provided￿by￿various￿control￿units￿(for￿example,￿from￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety
Module￿(ACSM))￿are￿also￿taken￿into￿consideration.
For￿more￿information￿on￿the￿operating￿concept￿of￿the￿assistance￿systems,￿please￿refer￿to￿the￿Owner's
Handbook.
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