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US 11,143,515 B2Granted
Method for the generation of a merged free-space map, electronic control device and storage medium
AssigneeContinental Teves AG & Co. oHG
InventorMatthias Schreier
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Abstract
A method for the generation of a merged free-space map in a motor vehicle or in an infrastructure unit, wherein free space maps are generated and transmitted using vehicle-to-X communication. Parametric free space maps are used in this case. An associated electronic control device and an associated storage medium are also provided.
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A method for the generation of a merged parametric free space map in a first motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting, by an environment sensor system of the first motor vehicle, surroundings of the first motor vehicle,
- producing, by a processor of the first motor vehicle, a first parametric free space map using the detected surroundings of the first motor vehicle,
- receiving, by a vehicle-to-X communication receiver of the first motor vehicle, a second parametric free space map transmitted from a second motor vehicle or transmitted from an infrastructure unit using vehicle-to-X communication,
- generating, by the processor, the merged parametric free space map by merging the first parametric free space map and the second parametric free space map, the merged parametric free space map having an external contour defined by merging external contours of the first parametric free space map and the second parametric free space map, and
- controlling, by the processor, the first motor vehicle based on the merged parametric free space map.
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A method for the generation of a merged parametric free space map in an infrastructure unit, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a vehicle-to-X communication receiver of the infrastructure unit, a first parametric free space map transmitted from a first motor vehicle or transmitted from a further infrastructure unit using vehicle-to-X communication,
- receiving, by the vehicle-to-X communication receiver of the infrastructure unit, a second parametric free space map transmitted from a second motor vehicle or transmitted from a further infrastructure unit using vehicle-to-X communication,
- generating, by a processor of the infrastructure unit, the merged parametric free space map by merging the first parametric free space map and the second parametric free space map, the merged parametric free space map having an external contour defined by merging external contours of the first parametric free space map and the second parametric free space map, and
- transmitting, by the vehicle-to-X communication receiver of the infrastructure unit, the merged parametric free space map to at least one of the first motor vehicle or the second motor vehicle for use in controlling the at least one of the first motor vehicle or the second motor vehicle based on the merged parametric free space map.
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