Method and system for determining a driving corridor

US12283088B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZF Automotive Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Manuel Schmidt · Dortmund, DE
• Christian Wissing · Wesel, DE
• Andreas Homann · Dortmund, DE
• Christian Lienke · Dortmund, DE
• Torsten Bertram · Düsseldorf, DE
• Martin Kruger · Watzschwitz, DE
• Till Nattermann · Krefeld, DE
• Karl-Heinz Glander · Monheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2025
• Expiry date: Jun 5, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2420/403
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for determining a driving corridor for a motor vehicle (1). The motor vehicle (10) comprises at least one camera (22) and a control unit (24), the camera (24) being designed to generate images of a front region (30) in front of the motor vehicle (10) and to forward these images to the control unit (24). The control unit (24) comprises a machine learning module (28) having an artificial neural network. The method comprises the following steps: an image of the front region (30) in front of the motor vehicle (10) is obtained by the at least one camera (22); characteristic image features of the image are extracted by means of the artificial neural network; by means of the same artificial neural network, image points (32) which delimit the driving corridor of the motor vehicle (10) and/or at least one driving corridor adjacent to the driving corridor are determined on the basis of the extracted characteristic image features. The invention also relates to a system (20) for determining a vehicle corridor.