Method for detecting a traffic lane by means of a camera
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1. A method for traffic lane detection in a driver assistance system of a vehicle, comprising the following steps performed in the driver assistance system:
- with a camera, acquiring at least one image of surroundings of the vehicle;
detecting a driving corridor from the at least one image;
performing structure detection in the at least one image while taking the detected driving corridor into consideration to detect a roadway edge and to determine a course of the roadway edge from the at least one image; and
based on the determined course of the roadway edge, estimating a position of a traffic lane to perform the traffic lane detection.
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Abstract
A method of detecting a roadway edge and/or a traffic lane on a roadway includes:
- acquiring at least one image of surroundings of a vehicle with a camera;
- detecting a driving corridor from the at least one image; and
- performing a structure detection on the at least one image while taking the determined driving corridor into consideration in order to determine a course of a roadway edge from the at least one image.
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1. A method for traffic lane detection in a driver assistance system of a vehicle, comprising the following steps performed in the driver assistance system:
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with a camera, acquiring at least one image of surroundings of the vehicle; detecting a driving corridor from the at least one image; performing structure detection in the at least one image while taking the detected driving corridor into consideration to detect a roadway edge and to determine a course of the roadway edge from the at least one image; and based on the determined course of the roadway edge, estimating a position of a traffic lane to perform the traffic lane detection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle to determine a traffic lane on a roadway on which the vehicle is driving, comprising steps:
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a) with a camera, producing image data of surroundings of the vehicle including a driving surface of the roadway and an adjacent area that is adjacent to the driving surface and off of the roadway; b) in the driver assistance system, performing a structure detection on the image data regarding the driving surface of the roadway and the adjacent area, and from the structure detection detecting a physical roadway edge of the driving surface of the roadway as a border between the driving surface and the adjacent area; c) in the driver assistance system, performing a lane determination comprising estimating a position of the traffic lane on the roadway relative to the physical roadway edge; and d) outputting from the driver assistance system to a driver of the vehicle an information regarding the position of the traffic lane or the physical roadway edge, or performing with the driver assistance system an automatic driver assistance function responsive to and dependent on the position of the traffic lane or the physical roadway edge. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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