Patent · US Active

Predictive EHORIZON

US9189958B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References

8Claims

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Robert Gee · Lake Barrington, US
Ulrich Stählin · Eschborn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 7, 2011
Grant date	Nov 17, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 29, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08G1/096827
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for optimizing the provision of a predictive eHorizon in a driver assistance system. A method for providing a predictive eHorizon in a driver assistance system is provided, wherein a horizon provider in a driver assistance system makes information about an expected route course available to an assistance application. The horizon provider creates a planning table including information about the expected route course and/or including data to be provided as a function of the route course, associated with an expected position of the vehicle in the planning table. The planning table data to be provided by the assistance system application are taken at least partially from the planning table as a function of the current position of the vehicle.

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