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Assistance when driving a vehicle

US10295360B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventor

Michael Heimrath · Fürstenfeldbruck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 15, 2017
Grant date	May 21, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 26, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2556/65
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In order to support the driving of an ego-vehicle, the following steps are carried out: gathering information from the environment of the ego-vehicle; processing the gathered information, in such a way that it is detected whether a neighboring vehicle is in the environment of the ego-vehicle, and if a neighboring vehicle is detected, additionally gathering and/or processing information relating to the neighboring vehicle in order to assign at least one typical attribute to the neighboring vehicle; and, according to the at least one typical attribute of the neighboring vehicle, providing control information for driving the ego-vehicle.

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