Method and device for determining a type of the road which a vehicle is driving
AssigneeContinental Automotive GmbH
InventorAndrei Son
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for determining a type of the road on which a vehicle is driving. The method comprises sensing a sound of a wheel of the vehicle which is rolling on the road by means of a microphone and/or sensing a vertical acceleration of the vehicle by means of a vertical acceleration sensor or sensing a suspension of the vehicle by means of a suspension sensor and determining the type of the road on the basis of the sensed sound and/or the sensed acceleration or the sensed suspension. Further, the invention relates to a device for carrying out the aforesaid method.
Claims17
A method for determining a type of the road on which a vehicle is driving, the method comprising the steps of:
- using a microphone to sense a sound of a wheel of the vehicle which is rolling on the road;
- using a vertical acceleration sensor to sense a vertical acceleration of the vehicle;
- using a suspension sensor to sense a suspension of the vehicle;
- determining the type of the road on the basis of at least one of the sensed sound, the sensed vertical acceleration, or the sensed suspension.
A device for determining a type of the road on which a vehicle is driving, the device comprising:
- a microphone for sensing a sound of a wheel of the vehicle rolling on the road;
- a vertical acceleration sensor for sensing a vertical acceleration of the vehicle;
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- a suspension sensor for sensing a suspension of the vehicle;
- wherein the device is adapted for determining the type of the road on the basis of at least one of the sensed sound, the sensed acceleration, or the sensed suspension.
A method for determining a type of the road on which a vehicle is driving, the method comprising the steps of:
- using a microphone to sense a sound of a wheel of the vehicle which is rolling on the road;
- using a vertical acceleration sensor to sense a vertical acceleration of the vehicle;
- using a suspension sensor to sense a suspension of the vehicle;
- determining the type of the road on the basis of the sensed sound, the sensed vertical acceleration, and the sensed suspension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.