Method for a position determination of a vehicle, control unit, and vehicle

US11485373B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Niem · Hildesheim, DE
• Hanno Homann · Hamburg, DE
• Jan Wolter · Hannover, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 16, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 1, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 24, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2556/50
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for a position determination of a vehicle, at least one camera and one sensor unit for a global satellite navigation system being situated on the vehicle. The method includes: acquiring at least one camera image of the environment of the vehicle with the aid of the camera, generating a transformed image as a function of the acquired camera image, with the transformed image having a virtual perspective pointing perpendicularly in the downward direction, determining a satellite position of the vehicle through a satellite-based position determination, and providing an aerial image of the environment of the vehicle as a function of the determined satellite position. A detection of a position of the transformed image in the supplied aerial image, and an ascertainment of a vehicle position as a function of the detected position of the transformed image in the supplied aerial image take place subsequently.