Method for mapping the surroundings of a vehicle

US9910149B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Christian Pampus · Leonberg, DE
• Dirk Schmid · Simmozheim, DE
• Michael Scherl · Bietigheim, DE
• Werner Urban · Lambach, DE
• Meike Fehse · Rutesheim, DE
• Uwe Zimmermann · Bischofsheim, DE
• Michael Schoenherr · Wausau, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 13, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S2013/93275
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for mapping surroundings of a vehicle, objects in the surroundings of the vehicle being detected with the aid of sensors and particular detected objects being described by two coordinate points and also by a position fuzziness assigned to the particular coordinate point, the coordinate points and the position fuzziness values being stored in an interface in the form of data which may be accessed by driver assistance systems of the vehicle. A method is also described for ascertaining the collision probability of a vehicle with an object, in which the surroundings of the vehicle are initially mapped using the method for mapping the surroundings of a vehicle, a travel path to be traveled by the vehicle is ascertained in a subsequent step, and the degree of overlap between the object and the travel path and also the collision probability are finally determined, taking the position fuzziness into account.