A REVERSING ASSISTANT FOR A VEHICLE

A reversing assistant system (100) for a vehicle (199) comprises: a first path memory (110) for storing a continuously recorded current forward segment, and a second path memory (120) for storing a recorded preceding forward segment. The system is configured to transfer the content of the first path memory to the second path memory when the vehicle resumes forward motion after reversing, and it further comprises: a path merger observer (130) configured to repeatedly assess whether the current forward segment is mergeable with the preceding forward segment and, if so, to trigger a path merging operation; a path merger (140) configured to execute a path merging operation and to substitute its output into the first path memory; and a drive assistance unit (150) configured to determine drive actions causing the vehicle to reverse along a recorded forward segment or a merged segment.