Method for detecting a roadway and corresponding detection systems
First Claim
1. A method for detecting a roadway of a vehicle, comprising:
- generating a light signal having light structures;
emitting the light signal onto the roadway;
receiving reflected radiation of the light signal off at least the roadway;
generating a light pattern as a function of the received reflected radiation;
evaluating the light pattern;
during the evaluating, detecting pattern characteristics of the light pattern that correspond to at least some of the light structures of the light signal;
analyzing a geometry of the detected pattern characteristics; and
inferring a surface of the roadway based at least on the analyzing.
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Abstract
A method is provided for detecting a roadway of a vehicle including at least the following steps: generating a light signal and emitting the light signal onto a lit area of the roadway, receiving retroreflected radiation of the lit area and generating an image signal, evaluating the image signal. For this purpose, it is provided that the light signal having light structures is generated, the image signal is evaluated as a two-dimensional light pattern, a detection of pattern characteristics corresponding to the light structures being carried out in the light pattern during the evaluation of the image signals, a signal strength of the image pattern being evaluated in a space-resolved manner and a reflecting behavior of the lit area being inferred therefrom, and a roadway surface being inferred from the reflecting behavior.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for detecting a roadway of a vehicle, comprising:
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generating a light signal having light structures; emitting the light signal onto the roadway; receiving reflected radiation of the light signal off at least the roadway; generating a light pattern as a function of the received reflected radiation; evaluating the light pattern; during the evaluating, detecting pattern characteristics of the light pattern that correspond to at least some of the light structures of the light signal; analyzing a geometry of the detected pattern characteristics; and inferring a surface of the roadway based at least on the analyzing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A detection system of a vehicle, comprising:
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a pattern generator, which generates and emits a light signal having light structures onto a roadway of the vehicle; a camera, which records radiation of the light signal that is reflected by at least the roadway, wherein; the pattern generator includes an LED device and a projection lens, which emits the light signal, and the projection lens has a diffractive optical element; and a control device, wherein the control device generates a light pattern as a function of the recorded radiation, wherein the control device also evaluates the light pattern by detecting pattern characteristics in the light pattern that correspond to at least some of the light structures of the light signal, wherein the control device determines a geometry of the detected pattern characteristics, wherein the control device analyzes a signal strength of the detected pattern characteristics, and wherein the control device infers a surface of the roadway from at least the analyzing.
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18. A method for dynamically controlling a vehicle as a function of a friction coefficient of a roadway upon which the vehicle is travelling, comprising:
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generating a light signal having light structures; emitting the light signal onto the roadway; receiving reflected radiation of the light signal off at least the roadway; generating a light pattern as a function of the received reflected radiation; evaluating the light pattern; during the evaluating, detecting pattern characteristics of the light pattern that correspond to at least some of the light structures of the light signal; determining a geometry of the detected pattern characteristics; analyzing a signal strength of the detected pattern characteristics; inferring the friction coefficient of the roadway based at least on the analyzing; and dynamically controlling the vehicle, by a vehicle dynamics control system, at least in response to the determined geometry and the inferred friction coefficient.
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19. A vehicle system, comprising:
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a detection system, including; a pattern generator, which generates and emits a light signal having light structures onto a roadway of the vehicle; a camera, which records radiation of the light signal that is reflected by at least the roadway, wherein; the pattern generator includes an LED device and a projection lens, which emits the light signal, and the projection lens has a diffractive optical element; a control device, wherein the control device generates a light pattern as a function of the recorded radiation, wherein the control device also evaluates the light pattern by detecting pattern characteristics in the light pattern that correspond to at least some of the light structures of the light signal, wherein the control device determines a geometry of the detected pattern characteristics, wherein the control device analyzes a signal strength of the detected pattern characteristics, and wherein the control device infers a surface of the roadway from at least the analyzing; and a vehicle dynamics control system, which dynamically controls the vehicle at least in response to the determined geometry and the inferred surface of the roadway. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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