METHOD AND CONTROL AND DETECTION DEVICE FOR A PLAUSIBILITY CHECK OF A WRONG-WAY DRIVING INDCIDENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20160225256A1
• Filed: 09/01/2014
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Hofsaess, Volker, ROUS, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 10,395,527 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/025 Active steering aids, e.g. helping the driver by actively influencing the steering system after environment evaluation B62D1/28 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 5/0493 detecting processor errors, e.g. plausibility of steering direction
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/582 of traffic signs
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/588 Recognition of the road, e.g. of lane markings; Recognition of the vehicle driving pattern in relation to the road
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/056 with provision for distinguishing direction of travel
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09623 Systems involving the acquisition of information from passive traffic signs by means mounted on the vehicle G08G1/0967 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes

Abstract

A method and a control and detection device for a plausibility check of a wrong-way driving incident of a motor vehicle at a junction of a unidirectional roadway of a road, in which the plausibility check is activated by recognizing a direction feature of a roadway of the junction, and in which it is determined whether a current driving direction of the motor vehicle leads in the direction of a roadway having at least one prohibition sign, indicating that entry is prohibited, and/or in which it is determined whether a predicated driving route of the motor vehicle leads in the direction of a roadway having at least one prohibition sign.

Claims

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. A method for a providing a plausibility check of a wrong-way driving incident of a motor vehicle at a junction of a unidirectional roadway of a road, the method comprising:

activating the plausibility check by recognizing a direction feature of a roadway of the junction; and

determining at least one of (i) whether a current driving direction of the motor vehicle leads in the direction of a roadway having at least one prohibition sign indicating a no entry, and (ii) whether a predicated driving route of the motor vehicle leads in the direction of a roadway having at least one prohibition sign.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein it is at least one of determined (a) whether the current driving direction of the motor vehicle runs between two prohibition signs situated to the left and to the right of the roadway, and (b) whether the predicated driving route of the motor vehicle runs between prohibition signs situated to the left and to the right of the roadway.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the determination includes checking whether at least one of the current driving direction and the predicated driving route intersects a connecting line of the two prohibition signs.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein at least one sensor is used for the activation and/or the determination.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein for the activation, it is detected whether the motor vehicle is situated on an oncoming lane.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the direction feature of the roadway includes a road sign.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one prohibition sign is illuminated with light from the motor vehicle and the reflection is used for the determining.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein after passing the at least one prohibition sign an exit sign directed opposite to the current driving direction is detected.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein after passing the at least one prohibition sign a median strip of the road is detected to the right of the current driving direction and/or of the predicated driving route.

21. The method of claim 12, wherein each determination and/or detection includes a plausibility check criterion, and wherein each plausibility check criterion is assigned a percentage for ascertaining the probability of a wrong-way driving incident.

23. The method of claim 12, wherein at least one sensor, which includes a video camera of the motor vehicle, is used for the activation and/or the determination.

22. A control and detection device for providing a plausibility check of a wrong-way driving incident of a motor vehicle at a junction of a unidirectional roadway of a road, comprising:

an activating arrangement to activate the plausibility check, configured for recognizing a direction feature of a roadway of the junction;

a determining arrangement to determine at least one of (i) whether a current driving direction of the motor vehicle leads in the direction of a roadway having at least one prohibition sign indicating a no entry, and (ii) whether a predicated driving route of the motor vehicle leads in the direction of a roadway having at least one prohibition sign.