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Method and device for classifying a behavior of a pedestrian when crossing a roadway of a vehicle as well as passenger protection system of a vehicle

US9734390B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Maurer · Munich, DE
Thomas Gussner · Ludwigsburg, DE
Lutz Buerkle · Stuttgart, DE
Dariu M Gavrila · Ulm, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 23, 2015
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 30, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30261
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for classifying a behavior, of a pedestrian when crossing a roadway of a vehicle, includes reading in a sensor signal to detect the pedestrian and at least one piece of surroundings information regarding surroundings of the pedestrian. The sensor signal represents here a signal of at least one sensor of the vehicle. The method further includes ascertaining at least one physical variable of a correlation between the pedestrian and the at least one piece of surroundings information. Finally, the method includes classifying the behavior of the pedestrian using the at least one physical variable.

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