Method for processing sensor data in a control device of a vehicle

A control device of a vehicle, comprising:

• a processor coprocessing sensor data in the control device of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes different sensors configured to detect an environment of the vehicle and generate the sensor data, wherein the processor is configured to:
• evaluate the sensor data via different evaluation functions, each of the different evaluation functions being configured to convert at least part of the sensor data as input data into output data, wherein the output data of each of the different evaluation functions are assigned a respective priority using an assignment rule based on known insufficiencies of the sensors and/or the evaluation functions and the output data are used according to their priority to update an environment model that stores information about objects in the environment of the vehicle;
• recognize an insufficiency that differs from the known insufficiencies using at least a part of the sensor data and/or at least a part of the output data;
• update the assignment rule based on the recognized insufficiency, so that the output data of at least one of the evaluation functions are assigned a different priority in the future than the priority currently assigned to the output data;
• and
• control the vehicle using the updated assignment rule,
• wherein a data structure mapping at least part of the environment of the vehicle and deviating from the environment model is stored in the control device, and wherein at least one of the evaluation functions is configured to convert the input data into the output data using the data structure.

A system for a vehicle, wherein the system comprises:

• different sensors configured to detect an environment of the vehicle;
• and
• a control device including a processor coprocessing sensor data in the control device, wherein the vehicle includes the different sensors configured to detect the environment of the vehicle and generate the sensor data, wherein the control device is configured to:
• evaluate the sensor data via different evaluation functions, each of the different evaluation functions being configured to convert at least part of the sensor data as input data into output data, wherein the output data of each of the different evaluation functions are assigned a respective priority using an assignment rule based on known insufficiencies of the sensors and/or the evaluation functions and the output data are used according to their priority to update an environment model that stores information about objects in the environment of the vehicle;
• recognize an insufficiency that differs from the known insufficiencies using at least a part of the sensor data and/or at least a part of the output data;
• update the assignment rule based on the recognized insufficiency, so that the output data of at least one of the evaluation functions are assigned a different priority in the future than the priority currently assigned to the output data;
• and
• control the vehicle using the updated assignment rule,
• wherein a data structure mapping at least part of the environment of the vehicle and deviating from the environment model is stored in the control device, and wherein at least one of the evaluation functions is configured to convert the input data into the output data using the data structure.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is stored a computer program for processing sensor data in a control device of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes different sensors configured to detect an environment of the vehicle and generate the sensor data, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the following:

• evaluating the sensor data via different evaluation functions, each of the different evaluation functions being configured to convert at least part of the sensor data as input data into output data, wherein the output data of each of the different evaluation functions are assigned a respective priority using an assignment rule based on known insufficiencies of the sensors and/or the evaluation functions and the output data are used according to their priority to update an environment model that stores information about objects in the environment of the vehicle;
• recognizing an insufficiency that differs from the known insufficiencies using at least a part of the sensor data and/or at least a part of the output data;
• updating the assignment rule based on the recognized insufficiency, so that the output data of at least one of the evaluation functions are assigned a different priority in the future than the priority currently assigned to the output data;
• and
• controlling the vehicle using the updated assignment rule,
• wherein a data structure mapping at least part of the environment of the vehicle and deviating from the environment model is stored in the control device, and wherein at least one of the evaluation functions is configured to convert the input data into the output data using the data structure.