Method, computer-implemented tool, vehicle control unit, and vehicle for locating obstacles in vehicle roadway regions, which are characterized by landmarks

US12330632B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Mobility GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Frederik Deroo · Hallbergmoos, DE
• Kristian Weiss · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 15, 2021
• Grant date: Jun 17, 2025
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2042

Classification

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

Abstract

The disclosed locates obstacles in vehicle roadway regions, without needing to precisely locate the obstacles or landmarks. By associating sensor measurement data, which is detected by a vehicle sensor system and belongs to sensor measurement objects and by obstacles or landmarks can be represented, with stored landmark data; and ascertaining a sensor detection-specific locating distance between a sensor measurement object based on associated and unassociated sensor measurement data in that pieces of sensor detection-specific information contained in the sensor measurement data relating to the locating distance to be ascertained are put into a relationship with one another, an obstacle in a vehicle roadway region, is located is determined on a roadway region constituting an obstacle to the vehicle if the sensor measurement object with unassociated sensor measurement data on the roadway can be correlated at least on the basis of the sensor detection-specific locating distance.