Method and system for merging ambient sensor data with communication data, and use of the system
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1. A method for merging, by a controller of a vehicle sensor system, ambient sensor data with communication data, the method comprising:
- capturing, by at least one ambient sensor in the vehicle, ambient sensor data;
receiving, by a vehicle-to-X communication means in the vehicle, communication data;
selecting, by the controller of the vehicle sensor system, during a preprocessing process;
a first portion of the communication data, and supplying the first portion of the communication data directly to a sensor data merging process that merges the first portion of the communication data with ambient sensor data to produce an environment model, anda second portion of the communication data, and supplying the second portion of the communication data to a data management process; and
wherein the selected communication data including at least one of the first portion or the second portion are provided with a data marking by the preprocessing process,wherein heterogeneous application processes that receive information forwarded both by the sensor data merging process and by a data management process identify redundantly forwarded information by the data marking, andcontrolling, by the controller of the vehicle sensor system, a safety system of the vehicle by controlling an application of the safety system based on the environment model and/or data output from the data management process.
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Abstract
A method for merging environment sensor data with communication data, wherein the environment sensor data is detected by at least one environment sensor and wherein the communication data is contained in vehicle-to-X messages which are received by vehicle-to-X communication. The communication data selected by pre-processing is fed directly to the sensor data merging process, wherein the sensor data merging process merges the selected communication data with environment sensor data to form an environment model. A corresponding system and a usage of the system are also disclosed.
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1. A method for merging, by a controller of a vehicle sensor system, ambient sensor data with communication data, the method comprising:
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capturing, by at least one ambient sensor in the vehicle, ambient sensor data; receiving, by a vehicle-to-X communication means in the vehicle, communication data; selecting, by the controller of the vehicle sensor system, during a preprocessing process; a first portion of the communication data, and supplying the first portion of the communication data directly to a sensor data merging process that merges the first portion of the communication data with ambient sensor data to produce an environment model, and a second portion of the communication data, and supplying the second portion of the communication data to a data management process; and wherein the selected communication data including at least one of the first portion or the second portion are provided with a data marking by the preprocessing process, wherein heterogeneous application processes that receive information forwarded both by the sensor data merging process and by a data management process identify redundantly forwarded information by the data marking, and controlling, by the controller of the vehicle sensor system, a safety system of the vehicle by controlling an application of the safety system based on the environment model and/or data output from the data management process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A vehicle sensor system for merging ambient sensor data with communication data, the vehicle sensor system comprising:
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ambient sensors in the vehicle for capturing the ambient sensor data; a vehicle-to-X communication means in the vehicle for receiving the communication data; and a controller, which during a preprocessing process selects; a first portion of the communication data and supplies the first portion of the communication data directly to a sensor data merging process that merges the selected communication data with the ambient sensor data to produce an environment model, and a second portion of the communication data, and supplies the second portion of the communication data to a data management process, wherein the selected communication data including at least one of the first portion or the second portion are provided with a data marking by the preprocessing process, wherein heterogeneous application processes that receive information forwarded both by the sensor data merging process and by a data management process identify redundantly forwarded information by the data marking, and controlling, by the controller of the vehicle sensor system, a safety system of the vehicle by controlling an application of the safety system based on the environment model and/or data output from the data management process. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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