Assistance When Driving a Vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMichael HEIMRATH
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Abstract
In order to support the driving of an ego-vehicle, the following steps are carried out: gathering information from the environment of the ego-vehicle; processing the gathered information, in such a way that it is detected whether a neighboring vehicle is in the environment of the ego-vehicle, and if a neighboring vehicle is detected, additionally gathering and/or processing information relating to the neighboring vehicle in order to assign at least one typical attribute to the neighboring vehicle; and, according to the at least one typical attribute of the neighboring vehicle, providing control information for driving the ego-vehicle.
Claims14
A method for providing assistance when driving an ego vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:
- gathering information from an environment of the ego vehicle;
- processing the information gathered such that it is detected whether there is a neighboring vehicle in the environment of the ego vehicle and, if a neighboring vehicle is detected, also gathering and/or processing information in relation to the neighboring vehicle in order to assign at least one typical attribute to the neighboring vehicle;
- and
- based on the at least one typical attribute of the neighboring vehicle, providing control information for driving the ego vehicle.
An electronic system for assisting driving of an ego vehicle, the electronic system comprising a processor and associated memory having stored thereon program code that, when executed by the processor, carries out the acts of:
- gathering information from an environment of the ego vehicle;
- processing the information gathered such that it is detected whether there is a neighboring vehicle in the environment of the ego vehicle and, if a neighboring vehicle is detected, also gathering and/or processing information in relation to the neighboring vehicle in order to assign at least one typical attribute to the neighboring vehicle;
- and
- based on the at least one typical attribute of the neighboring vehicle, providing control information for driving the ego vehicle.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program code that, when executed, carries out the acts of:
- gathering information from an environment of the ego vehicle;
- processing the information gathered such that it is detected whether there is a neighboring vehicle in the environment of the ego vehicle and, if a neighboring vehicle is detected, also gathering and/or processing information in relation to the neighboring vehicle in order to assign at least one typical attribute to the neighboring vehicle;
- and
- based on the at least one typical attribute of the neighboring vehicle, providing control information for driving the ego vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.