Method for determining a virtual vehicle corridor

US8812193B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH · DE
• Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Lüke · Langelsheim, DE
• Dirk Waldbauer · Eppstein, DE
• Michael Darms · Lehre, DE
• Thomas Berthold · Munich, DE
• Matthias Komar · Schallstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 19, 2014
• Expiry date: May 21, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S2013/9323
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for assisting a vehicle driver, wherein a sensor for covering the surroundings covers a pavement in front of the vehicle in order to determine a virtual vehicle corridor for a road vehicle in a complex traffic situation and the virtual vehicle corridor is determined depending on identified traffic lines and raised pavement boundaries.