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US 11,453,416 B2Granted
Drive behavior estimation of a passenger transport system
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorsJannik Metzner, Daniel Fafula, Florian Maile
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Abstract
A method for controlling a motor vehicle may include one or more of the following steps: scanning an environment of the motor vehicle; detecting a passenger transport device stopped in front of the motor vehicle; detecting a movement of at least one person in the vicinity of the passenger transport device; and determining the probability that the passenger transport device will merge into traffic in front of the motor vehicle on the basis of the movement of the person.
Claims20
A method for controlling a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- scanning an environment of the motor vehicle with a scanner that is secured to the motor vehicle;
- detecting a passenger transport device substantially stopped in front of the motor vehicle;
- detecting a movement of at least one person in the vicinity of the passenger transport device;
- and
- using a processor to determine a probability that the passenger transport device will merge into traffic in front of the motor vehicle based on at least the movement of the person, the processor being secured to the motor vehicle and electrically connected to the scanner.
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A device for controlling a motor vehicle, the device comprising:
- a scanner for scanning an environment of the motor vehicle, the scanner being secured to the motor vehicle;
- and
- a processor that is electrically connected to the scanner, wherein the processor is configured to detect the following based on an output from the scanner:
- a passenger transport device substantially stopped in front of the motor vehicle, and
- a movement of at least one person in the vicinity of the passenger transport device,
- wherein the device is configured to determine a probability that the passenger transport device will merge into traffic in front of the motor vehicle based on at least the movement of the passenger.
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