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Method for determining whether a vehicle can pass through an object by means of a 3-D camera

US9495603B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignees

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

Inventors

Stefan Hegemann · Schallstadt, DE
Stefan Lueke · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE
Christoph Hassenpflug · Gettorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 2012
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2420/403
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device determine whether a vehicle can pass through a passage of an object, based on image data from a 3-D camera, which records an image of surroundings of the vehicle. A trajectory of the vehicle is ascertained. From the image data, it is determined whether an object located above the trajectory is recognized and whether the object has at least one connection to the ground. The dimensions and the shape of an entry area or a passage space between the object and the roadway, through which the vehicle is to pass, are determined from the image data. By comparing the dimensions and shape of the entry area or the passage space with the dimensions and shape of the vehicle, it is determined whether and how the vehicle can pass through the entry area or passage space.

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