Patent · US Active

Method for representing the surroundings of a vehicle

US9607229B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

3References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignees

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

Inventors

Ralf Grewe · Gettorf, DE
Andree Hohm · Obernburg, DE
Hermann Winner · Bietigheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 2013
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 19, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30261
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for represents the surroundings of a vehicle with at least two levels of resolution in a surroundings model, preferably for a vehicle having a sensor system for monitoring the surroundings and at least one driver assistance system. The surroundings model preferably represents a probability grid having a plurality of grid cells. Data from at least two grid cells at a higher level of resolution are combined and stored in a grid cell at a lower level of resolution.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.