Assistance when driving a vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMichael Heimrath
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Abstract
In order to support the driving of an ego-vehicle, the following steps are carried out: gathering information from the environment of the ego-vehicle; processing the gathered information, in such a way that it is detected whether a neighboring vehicle is in the environment of the ego-vehicle, and if a neighboring vehicle is detected, additionally gathering and/or processing information relating to the neighboring vehicle in order to assign at least one typical attribute to the neighboring vehicle; and, according to the at least one typical attribute of the neighboring vehicle, providing control information for driving the ego-vehicle.
Claims13
A method for providing assistance when driving an ego vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:
- gathering information from an environment of the ego vehicle;
- processing the information gathered such that it is detected whether there is a neighboring vehicle in the environment of the ego vehicle and, if a neighboring vehicle is detected, also gathering and/or processing information in relation to the neighboring vehicle in order to assign at least one typical attribute to the neighboring vehicle;
- and
- based on the at least one typical attribute of the neighboring vehicle, providing control information for driving the ego vehicle,
- wherein the at least one typical attribute comprises one or more of the following attributes:
- driving safety in relation to an owner or assumed driver of the neighboring vehicle,
- driving style in relation to the owner or assumed driver of the neighboring vehicle, or
- an overall condition of the neighboring vehicle.
A method for providing assistance when driving an ego vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:
- gathering information from an environment of the ego vehicle;
- processing the information gathered such that it is detected whether there is a neighboring vehicle in the environment of the ego vehicle and, if a neighboring vehicle is detected, also gathering and/or processing information in relation to the neighboring vehicle in order to assign at least one typical attribute to the neighboring vehicle;
- and
- based on the at least one typical attribute of the neighboring vehicle, providing control information for driving the ego vehicle,
- wherein, by way of at least part of the information gathered in relation to the neighboring vehicle, data with further information in relation to the neighboring vehicle are loaded from a vehicle-external data source into the ego vehicle and provided for driving the ego vehicle.
An electronic system for assisting driving of an ego vehicle, the electronic system comprising a processor and associated memory having stored thereon program code that, when executed by the processor, carries out the acts of:
- gathering information from an environment of the ego vehicle;
- processing the information gathered such that it is detected whether there is a neighboring vehicle in the environment of the ego vehicle and, if a neighboring vehicle is detected, also gathering and/or processing information in relation to the neighboring vehicle in order to assign at least one typical attribute to the neighboring vehicle;
- and
- based on the at least one typical attribute of the neighboring vehicle, providing control information for driving the ego vehicle,
- wherein the at least one typical attribute comprises one or more of the following attributes:
- driving safety in relation to an owner or assumed driver of the neighboring vehicle,
- driving style in relation to the owner or assumed driver of the neighboring vehicle, or
- an overall condition of the neighboring vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.