Method and apparatus for determining a plausible lane for guiding a vehicle and an automobile

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8560220
APP PUB NO 20120277990A1
SERIAL NO

13284205

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A method for determining a lane on a roadway for a vehicle having at least two independent sensors includes the steps of obtaining with a first sensor data for a first area surrounding the vehicle, obtaining with at least two additional sensors data for at least two additional areas surrounding the vehicle, determining a first lane based on the data for the first area, determining at least two additional lanes based on the data for the at least two additional areas, and determining a resulting lane from the first and the at least two additional lanes, wherein when two of the least three lanes are identical and a third of the at least three lanes is not identical with the two identical lanes, the third lane is not taken into account when determining the resulting lane.

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  • AUDI AG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Göttsch, Jan Lenting, DE 1 4
Mielich, Wolfgang Ingolstadt, DE 2 9
Schön, Stefan Ingolstadt, DE 5 4

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