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Method and apparatus for guiding a vehicle in the surroundings of an object

US9734719B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Folko Flehmig · Stuttgart, DE
Thomas Gussner · Ludwigsburg, DE
Yuefeng Ma · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 20, 2014
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 20, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N13/204
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for guiding a vehicle in the surrounding environment of an object. The method includes reading in a multiplicity of view ray endpoints in a three-dimensional image, produced by a stereo camera of the vehicle, of a surrounding environment, containing the object, of the vehicle, at least one of the view ray endpoints representing an outer surface of the object, connecting the multiplicity of view ray endpoints to form a polygon that represents a free surface to be traveled by the vehicle, and generating a driving corridor, provided for the vehicle, for driving around the object, based on the free surface.

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