Method and apparatus for determining a plausible lane for guiding a vehicle and an automobile

US8560220B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Jan Göttsch · Lenting, DE
• Stefan Schön · Dresden, DE
• WOLFGANG MIELICH · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 30, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F18/259
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for determining a lane on a roadway for a vehicle having at least two independent sensors includes the steps of obtaining with a first sensor data for a first area surrounding the vehicle, obtaining with at least two additional sensors data for at least two additional areas surrounding the vehicle, determining a first lane based on the data for the first area, determining at least two additional lanes based on the data for the at least two additional areas, and determining a resulting lane from the first and the at least two additional lanes, wherein when two of the least three lanes are identical and a third of the at least three lanes is not identical with the two identical lanes, the third lane is not taken into account when determining the resulting lane.