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Method and device for detecting a roadside object

US11518400B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Motherson Innovations Company Limited · GB

Inventors

Reinhold Langbein · Eßlingen, DE
Lan Wu · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2018
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 9, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2510/20
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for detecting, a roadside object including, a three-dimensional object in the vicinity of a vehicle on a road surface includes recording at least one data set including a plurality of data points associated with a region in a lateral vicinity of the vehicle, the region at least partially including at least one wheel of the vehicle and the road surface, where each data point includes according, to whether it corresponds to the at least one wheel to the road surface or to the roadside object, determining a distance between a data point classified as corresponding to the at least one wheel and a data point classified as corresponding to the roadside object and generating a signal if the distance is below at least one threshold value.

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