Method for representing vehicle surroundings

US9896092B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

• Dirk Waldbauer · Eppstein, DE
• Stefan Fritz · Langen (Hessen), DE
• Thomas Berthold · Munich, DE
• Xiuxun Yin · Duisburg, DE
• Andree Hohm · Obernburg, DE
• Stefan Lueke · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 4, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 20, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 4, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/167
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a method and a driver assistance system for representing vehicle surroundings of a vehicle having a sensor system for detecting the environment, a boundary of a traffic lane or driving path on which the vehicle is currently being driven is represented by position points that each have a predefined set of attributes especially including a width attribute indicating a lateral width of an unobstructed area available as a maneuvering space on an opposite side of the respective position point.