Method and system for providing an electronic horizon in an advanced driver assistance system architecture
First Claim
1. A method of providing data about roads around a motor vehicle comprising the steps of:
- accessing data that represent segments of roads of a road network located in a geographic region;
determining paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle within a first threshold; and
providing data representing the paths.
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Abstract
A method and system for use by driver assistance systems installed in a motor vehicle to continuously provide such systems with updated data about paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle as the motor vehicle travels along said roads. The method includes accessing a database that contains data that represents segments of roads and intersections of a road network located in a geographic region in which the motor vehicle is traveling and determining one or more paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle. Each path is extended out to a threshold. Data representing each of the paths is provided in an organized data structure for use by the driver assistance systems.
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1. A method of providing data about roads around a motor vehicle comprising the steps of:
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accessing data that represent segments of roads of a road network located in a geographic region;
determining paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle within a first threshold; and
providing data representing the paths. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A software program installed in a motor vehicle that provides data about a road network around the motor vehicle comprising:
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a programming routine that accesses data that represent roads located around a current vehicle position;
a programming routine that determines which roads located around the current vehicle position are paths along which the motor vehicle can travel from said current position out to an extent associated with a threshold; and
a programming routine that stores data defining said paths in a temporary data repository from which other applications can obtain said data defining said paths.
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30. A method performed by a software program installed in a motor vehicle to provide data about a road network around a motor vehicle comprising the steps of:
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determining a plurality of paths that the motor vehicle can travel from a current location out to an extent associated with a threshold, wherein each path is comprised of a different sequence of one or more road segments, and wherein each sequence begins with the road segment upon which the motor vehicle is located, and wherein the roads segments in each sequence form a continuous path along which the motor vehicle can travel from the current location out to said extent, and providing data defining the sequence of road segments in each of said plurality of paths for use by other applications in said motor vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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