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Title:
PROVISION OF AN EFFICIENT ENVIRONMENTAL MAP FOR A VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/177447
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for providing an environmental map for a vehicle (1), wherein the environmental map represents a section of the environment (6) and comprises cells which are each assigned to a subsection of the environment (6) of the vehicle (1), wherein to each cell is assigned occupancy information which is based on the probability of the presence of an object or a part of an object in the subsection assigned to the cell in question, wherein the vehicle (1) comprises a group of at least two driver assistance systems which are each configured to adopt an active and an inactive state and which, in the active state require occupancy information concerning sections of the environment which at least do not overlap completely, wherein the method comprises: determination of the driver assistance system(s) which is(are) in the active state; determination of the section of the environment (6) that the environmental map is intended to represent, on the basis of the section(s) about which the driver assistance system(s) in the active state require(s) occupancy information. In particular, the section of the environment (6) that the environmental map is intended to represent comprises the section(s) about which the driver assistance system or the driver assistance systems in the active state require(s) occupancy information when in the active state.

Inventors:
HÖRWICK MARKUS (DE)
KORMANN OLIVER (DE)
NEFF ALBRECHT (DE)
WALESSA MARC (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2014/058325
Publication Date:
April 02, 2015
Filing Date:
April 24, 2014
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Assignee:
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG (DE)
International Classes:
B60W30/08; B60W40/02; B60W50/06
Domestic Patent References:
WO1998000728A11998-01-08
Foreign References:
DE102006061390A12008-07-10
EP1612580A12006-01-04
DE102010011629A12011-01-05
DE19845568A11999-10-28
DE102009040295A12011-03-10
EP2028072A22009-02-25
DE102010018994A12011-11-03
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