Method and Apparatus For Efficiently Providing Occupancy Information on the Surroundings of a Vehicle

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15005258

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A method is provided for efficiently providing occupancy information on the surroundings of a vehicle, which vehicle has sensors for ascertaining the occupancy of the surroundings. The method includes the following steps: receiving sensor measurements of the surroundings of the vehicle; determining the occupancy of the surroundings by obstacles using the sensor measurements; providing a division of the surroundings into regions; for each region of the surroundings, determining the most certainly identified occupancy in the respective region if multiple occupancies of the surroundings have been detected in the respective region; and determining the next occupancy, namely the respective region occupancy for which the shortest distance has been determined according to a distance determination specified for the respective region; and providing the most certainly identified occupancy and the next occupancy.

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BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTMUENCHEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
MANZ, Michael Steinhoering, DE 7 19
VANHOLME, Benoit Muenchen, DE 3 28

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