# US 2022/0036668 A1 · Method and device for situation-based processing of sensor data from a motor vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0036668 A1 - Document ID: US20220036668A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/369,482 - Filed: 2021-07-07 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-20 - Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH - Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH - Inventors: Leon Zhao; Benneth Sturm - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220036668A1 ## CPC - G06V 20/58: Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads - G07C 5/0808: {Diagnosing performance data (testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005)} - G06V 10/96: Management of image or video recognition tasks - G08G 1/16: Anti-collision systems (road vehicle drive control systems for predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision otherwise than by control of a particular sub-unit B60W30/08) - G08G 1/166: {for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes} - G06V 20/584: {of vehicle lights or traffic lights} - G06V 40/10: Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) ## Abstract A method for situation-based processing of sensor data from a motor vehicle. Sensor data generated by sensors relating to the situation in the surroundings of the motor vehicle is transferred to a processing unit via a bus. The processing unit takes into account the transferred sensor data to determine an information requirement, and generates a request for additional sensor data on the basis of the determined information requirement and the load on the bus, and sends this request to the sensors. A corresponding device is also described. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for situation-based processing of sensor data from a motor vehicle, comprising: transferring sensor data generated by sensors relating to a situation in surroundings of the motor vehicle to a processing unit via a bus; determining, by the processing unit, an information requirement, the processing unit taking into account the transferred sensor data in the determining of the information requirement; generating a request for additional sensor data based on the determined information requirement and a load on the bus; and sending, by the processing unit, the request to the sensors. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the sensor data is transferred cyclically to the processing unit, and the request for sensor data is generated in each cycle based on the information requirement that was determined from the sensor data that was transferred to the processing unit in a preceding cycle, and based on the load on the bus in the preceding cycle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein each individual sensor of the sensors monitors a specific zone of the vehicle surroundings. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the request contains a prioritization of specific sensors of the sensor over other sensors of the sensors such that sensor data from prioritized sensors is transferred with priority to the processing unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the request contains a prioritization of specific data content of the sensor data over other data content such that prioritized data content is transferred with priority to the processing unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the sensor data contains at least a number of detected objects, and the number of detected objects constitutes a prioritized data content. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the sensor data represents an occurrence of a specific event, and the occurrence of the specific event constitutes a prioritized data content. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein vehicle data describing internal states of the motor vehicle is also taken into account in determining the information requirement. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein topographic data describing a movement space in which the motor vehicle is located is taken into account in determining the information requirement. ### Claim 10 A device for situation-based processing of sensor data from a motor vehicle, comprising: a processing unit; a number of sensors configured to monitor surroundings of the motor vehicle; and a bus which connects the sensors to the processing unit; wherein the sensors are configured to generate sensor data relating to a situation in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, and to transfer the sensor data to the processing unit via the bus, and the processing unit is configured to take into account the transferred sensor data to determine an information requirement, and to generate at least one request for additional sensor data based on the determined information requirement and a load on the bus, and to send the request to the sensors.