Method and system for determining road users with potential for interaction
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorAlexander Augst
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Abstract
A method for determining at least one road user with a potential for interaction in a route segment includes detecting, using a unit outside a first vehicle, information with respect to a plurality of road users entering a route segment at an entry point to the route segment, where the information comprises information about one or more properties of the plurality of road users. The method also includes determining service data based on the information with respect to at least one of the plurality of road users, and determining that the first vehicle is situated in the route segment or will be situated in the route segment after a predefined time interval has elapsed. Thereafter, service data is provided in the first vehicle.
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A method for determining at least one road user with a potential for interaction in a route segment, wherein the method comprises the acts of:
- detecting, using a unit outside a first vehicle, information with respect to a plurality of road users entering a route segment at an entry point to the route segment, wherein the information comprises information about one or more properties of the plurality of road users;
- determining service data based on the information with respect to at least one of the plurality of road users;
- determining that the first vehicle is situated in the route segment or will be situated in the route segment after a predefined time interval has elapsed;
- providing, thereafter, the service data in the first vehicle;
- and
- using the service data for a vehicle function of the first vehicle;
- wherein the service data further comprise:
- information with respect to a roadway region of the route segment which should be traveled along or should not be traveled along;
- an instruction to a driver of the first vehicle to take action;
- information about a point in time and/or a region in which the route segment can be traveled along manually or in an automated manner;
- and/or
- a movement plan with respect to a movement of a road user and/or of the first vehicle in the route segment.
A computer program product configured to be executed on a processor to determine at least one road user with a potential for interaction in a route segment, wherein the computer program product includes a non-transitory medium having software code segments stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, are configured to:
- detect, using a unit outside a first vehicle, information with respect to a plurality of road users entering a route segment at an entry point to the route segment, wherein the information comprises information about one or more properties of the plurality of road users;
- determine service data based on the information with respect to at least one of the plurality of road users;
- determine that the first vehicle is situated in the route segment or will be situated in the route segment after a predefined time interval has elapsed;
- and
- provide, thereafter, the service data in the first vehicle;
- wherein the service data further comprise:
- information with respect to a roadway region of the route segment which should be traveled along or should not be traveled along;
- an instruction to a driver of the first vehicle to take action;
- information about a point in time and/or a region in which the route segment can be traveled along manually or in an automated manner;
- and/or
- a movement plan with respect to a movement of a road user and/or of the first vehicle in the route segment.
A unit outside a first vehicle, which unit is configured to:
- determine information with respect to a plurality of road users entering a route segment at an entry point to the route segment;
- wherein the information comprises information about one or more properties of the plurality of road users;
- determine service data based on the information with respect to the plurality of road users;
- determine that the first vehicle is situated in the route segment or will be situated in the route segment after a predefined time interval has elapsed;
- and
- provide, thereafter, the service data to the first vehicle;
- wherein the service data further comprise:
- information with respect to a roadway region of the route segment which should be traveled along or should not be traveled along;
- an instruction to a driver of the first vehicle to take action;
- information about a point in time and/or a region in which the route segment can be traveled along manually or in an automated manner;
- and/or
- a movement plan with respect to a movement of a road user and/or of the first vehicle in the route segment.
A method for determining at least one road user with a potential for interaction in a route segment, wherein the method comprises the acts of:
- detecting, using a unit outside a first vehicle, information with respect to a plurality of road users entering a route segment at an entry point to the route segment, wherein the information comprises information about one or more properties of the plurality of road users;
- determining service data based on the information with respect to at least one of the plurality of road users;
- determining that the first vehicle is situated in the route segment or will be situated in the route segment after a predefined time interval has elapsed;
- providing, thereafter, the service data in the first vehicle;
- and
- using the service data for a vehicle function of the first vehicle;
- wherein said one or more properties of a given road user of the plurality of road users comprise one or more of:
- a permanent property of the given road user;
- a variable, current property of the given road user;
- and
- a relative property of the given road user, relative to another road user or to a current traffic situation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.