Method for ascertaining a useful width of a street segment

US10386469B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Philipp Mayer · Stuttgart, DE
• Peter Christian Abeling · Hannover, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 3, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/165
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for ascertaining a useful width of a segment of a street, including traveling the street in a first direction of travel and ascertaining of parking spaces on the basis of echo profiles of an ascertaining device situated in an ascertaining vehicle; ascertaining of lateral distances between the ascertaining device and parked vehicles at both sides of the street, at least one ascertaining of parking spaces and lateral distances being carried out to the right of the ascertaining vehicle, and at least one ascertaining of the parking spaces and lateral distances being carried out to the left of the ascertaining vehicle; and ascertaining of the useful width from the ascertained lateral distances.