Method and device for driver assistance by generating lane information for supporting of replacing lane information of a video-based lane information device

• US 8,258,980 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2007
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Becker, Jan-Carsten
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fan, Hongmin
• Application Number:
  US12/227,989
• Publication Number:
  US 20090167560A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,895 Days
• Field of Search: 340/903, 340/902, 340/905, 340/435, 340/436, 382/104, 382/103, 701/117, 701/96, 701/301, 348/148
• US Class Current: 340/903
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/12 Lane keeping
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/072 Curvature of the road
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/076 Slope angle of the road
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/163 involving continuous checking
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/167 Driving aids for lane monitoring, lane changing, e.g. blind spot detection

Abstract

A method for driver assistance by generating lane information for supporting or for replacing lane information of a video-based lane information device includes: generating the lateral lane information based on the video-based lane information device of the vehicle; ascertaining at least one reliability parameter of the lateral lane information received from the lane information device; receiving navigation system-based lateral lane information from at least one other vehicle via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication device; and supporting or replacing the lateral lane information received from the lane information device based on the received navigation system-based lateral lane information as a function of the ascertained reliability parameter.

Claims

1. A method for driver assistance by generating lane information for a host vehicle, comprising:

generating lateral lane information using a video-based lane information device of the host vehicle;

ascertaining at least one reliability parameter of the lateral lane information generated from the video-based lane information device;

receiving additional lane information from a navigation system of at least one other vehicle via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication device, wherein the additional lane information includes absolute position, direction and yaw rate of the at least one other vehicle; and

one of adjusting or replacing the lateral lane information generated from the video-based lane information device based on the received additional lane information as a function of the at least one reliability parameter;

wherein the additional lane information is received from at least one oncoming vehicle via the vehicle-to-vehicle communication device, and wherein the additional lane information is transformed to the host vehicle'"'"'s own lane.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one reliability parameter includes a range parameter.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the additional lane information is assigned a respective identifier identifying a corresponding vehicle transmitting the additional lane information.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the additional lane information is subjected to a plausibility test with respect to a direction of travel.

5. A device for driver assistance by generating lane information for a host vehicle, comprising:

a video-based lane information device configured to generate lateral lane information;

an ascertainment device configured to ascertain at least one reliability parameter of the lateral lane information received from the lane information device; and

a vehicle-to-vehicle communication device configured to receive additional lane information from at least one other vehicle, wherein the additional lane information includes absolute position, direction and yaw rate of the at least one other vehicle;

wherein the ascertainment device triggers one of adjusting or replacing of the lateral lane information generated from the video-based lane information device based on the received additional lane information as a function of the at least one reliability parameter;

wherein the additional lane information is received from at least one oncoming vehicle via the vehicle-to-vehicle communication device, and wherein the ascertainment device is configured to transform the additional lane information to the host vehicle'"'"'s own lane.

6. The device as recited in claim 5, wherein the at least one reliability parameter includes a range parameter.

7. The device as recited in claim 5, wherein the additional lane information is assigned a respective identifier identifying a corresponding vehicle transmitting the additional lane information.

8. The device as recited in claim 5, wherein the additional lane information is subjected to a plausibility test with respect to a direction of travel.