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US 12,339,125 · App. 18/261,660 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Method for processing measurement data from an environment sensor of a vehicle with compensation of latent vehicle data, computing device, and computer program

Inventors: Stefan Holzknecht (Feldkirchen, DE); Marcel Welpot (Munich, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
G01C21/28B60W50/06B60W60/001G01C25/00B60W2420/403B60W2420/408B60W2420/54B60W2556/50B60W2756/10
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Patent No.
US 12,339,125
App. No.
18/261,660
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for processing measurement data from an environment sensor of a vehicle. Measurement data that describes an environment of the vehicle is received from the environment sensor, and driving planning data that describes a future movement of the vehicle during semiautomated operation is also received. Vehicle data describing a position and/or movement of the vehicle is determined, and the measurement data is processed based on the vehicle data. Vehicle data is also predicted for at least one point in time during the future movement of the vehicle based on the vehicle planning data, and the measurement data for the at least one point in time is processed based on the predicted vehicle data.

Claims (15)

1. A method for processing measurement data from an environment sensor of a vehicle so as to calibrate the environment sensor, the method comprising:

receiving driving planning data describing a future movement of the vehicle during at least semiautomated operation of the vehicle;

determining, from the driving planning data, predicted vehicle data describing a predicted position and/or movement of the vehicle at a point in time during the future movement of the vehicle;

receiving, from a movement sensor of the vehicle, wiring system data describing the position and/or movement of the vehicle;

receiving the measurement data for the at least one point in time from the environmental sensor; and

calibrating the environment sensor by processing the measurement data for the at least one point in time based on the predicted vehicle data and the wiring system data.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the driving planning data are received from a driving planning device of the vehicle.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the driving planning data are received from a vehicle-external driving planning device.

4. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein detection data are received from an external detection device,

wherein the detection data describe the position and/or the movement of the vehicle, and

wherein the detection data are compared to the predicted vehicle data.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein control signals for controlling and/or regulating the movement of the vehicle are output in dependence on the comparison.

6. A computing device for a vehicle, wherein the computing device is configured to carry the method of claim 1 .

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon which, upon the execution by the computer, cause the computer to carry out the method of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2023
From: HOLZKNECHT, STEFAN; WELPOT, MARCEL
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 064282/0645 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 100 794.1 · Jan 15, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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