Method for controlling the positioning of a motor vehicle on a traffic lane
US12198444B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60W2554/402
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method is for controlling the positioning of a motor vehicle on a road including several traffic lanes defined laterally by road marking lines. The method includes receiving a signal originating from a camera equipping the vehicle, analyzing the signal in order to detect the road marking lines, identifying, according to a predefined classification of the types of road marking lines, the type of lines detected defining the vehicle's current traffic lane, determining characteristics of the current traffic lane depending on the type of road marking lines defining it and, if the current traffic lane is one of the left-most lane or the right-most lane in the vehicle's direction of travel, shifting the vehicle towards the distal edge of the road relative to the central axis of the current traffic lane.
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