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Identifying the contour of a vehicle on the basis of measurement data from an environment sensor system

US12221116B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Michael Feser · Martinez, US
Kilian Schneider · Augsburg, DE
Thomas Brandmeier · Regensburg, DE
Alexander Kamann · Regensburg, DE
Robert Lugner · Ingolstadt, DE
Daniel Weichselberger · Denkendorf, DE
Robert Naumann · Palos Hills, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 30, 2020
Grant date	Feb 11, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 12, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30252
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for identifying the contour of a vehicle based on measurement data from an environment sensor system is disclosed. The measurement data includes a set of spatial points of an object detected by the environment sensor system. The method includes: producing an envelope in the form of a polygonal chain around the object based on the set of spatial points; reducing the set of spatial points; removing spatial points from the polygonal chain that are irrelevant to identifying the contour of the vehicle and determining spatial points of the polygonal chain that are relevant to identifying the contour of the vehicle; classifying one or more edges as belonging to a front and a side of the vehicle on the basis of the reduced set of spatial points.

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