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US 2010/0164701 A1Published application
Method of analyzing the surroundings of a vehicle
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorsJonas Bärgman, Jan-Erik Källhammer, Sven Rönnbäck, Kalevi Hyypää, Tomas Bergiund, Hâkan Fredriksson
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Abstract
A method of analysing the surroundings of a vehicle, comprising the steps of: gathering data regarding objects in the vicinity of the vehicle; analysing the data to determine regions of empty space around the vehicle; creating one or more signatures representing at least some of the regions of empty space; and storing the signatures for later retrieval.
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A method of analyzing the surroundings of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- gathering data regarding one or more objects in the vicinity of the vehicle;
- analyzing the data to determine regions of empty space around the vehicle;
- creating one or more signatures by creating one or more primitives describing at least some of the regions of empty space;
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- storing the signatures for later retrieval.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an object detection arrangement;
- a positioning arrangement;
- a processing arrangement operable to carry out the steps of gathering data regarding one or more objects in the vicinity of the vehicle;
- analyzing the data to determine regions of empty space around the vehicle;
- creating one or more signatures by creating one or more primitives describing at least some of the regions of empty space;
- storing the signatures for later retrieval, and
- a memory to store the signatures.
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