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US 12,344,338 · App. 18/224,761 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Driver-assistance system for keeping a vehicle in a lane when crossing an intersection by using local map data received from a transmitter located within a zone of the intersection

Inventors: Sherif Matta (Auburn Hills, MI); Qusay Alrousan (Auburn Hills, MI); Thomas Tasky (Auburn Hills, MI); Siddhartha Yedida (Auburn Hills, MI)
Assignee: FEV Group GmbH
B62D6/001
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Patent No.
US 12,344,338
App. No.
18/224,761
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a driver-assistance system for keeping a vehicle in a lane of a road, the driver-assistance system including a sensor system, a receiver and a control system, wherein the receiver is designed to receive local map data from a transmitter located within a zone of an intersection, wherein the local map data specifies a course of the lane at least partially, wherein the control system is configured to calculate further data for specifying a course of a part of the lane dependent on the local map data, wherein the part of the lane leads at least partially across the intersection, wherein the control system is configured to control a steering system of the vehicle dependent on the further data and sensor data generated by means of the sensor system in order to keep the vehicle in the lane when crossing the intersection.

Claims (36)

1. A driver-assistance system for keeping a vehicle in a lane of a road, the driver-assistance

system comprising:

a sensor system;

a receiver configured to receive local map data from a transmitter located within a zone of an intersection, the local map data specifies a course of the lane at least partially; and

a control system configured to:

calculate further data for specifying a course of a part of the lane dependent on the local map data, the part of the lane leads at least partially across the intersection, and

control a steering system of the vehicle dependent on the further data and sensor data generated by the sensor system in order to keep the vehicle in the lane when crossing the intersection.

2. The driver-assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein the further data specifies a course of at least one lateral lane boundary of the part of the lane and the driver-assistance system comprises a lateral controller for controlling a lateral distance between the vehicle and the lateral lane boundary in order to keep the vehicle in the lane when crossing the intersection.

3. The driver-assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the sensor system is configured as a GPS-sensor system;

the sensor data has GPS-data for specifying a current position of the vehicle in a coordinate system; and

the control system is configured to control the steering system of the vehicle dependent on the current position and dependent on the course of the part of the lane,

wherein the course of the part of the lane is specified in the coordinate system by the further data.

4. The driver-assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein the further data comprises values of coefficients of a mathematical function for specifying the course of the part of the lane.

5. The driver-assistance system according to claim 4 , wherein the mathematical function is a polynomial.

6. The driver-assistance system according to claim 5 , wherein the mathematical function is a 4-degree polynomial.

7. The driver-assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver is configured to receive the local map data using a short-range communication standard.

8. A method for keeping a vehicle in a lane by a driver-assistance system, the driver-assistance system has a receiver and a control system, the method comprising the following steps:

receiving local map data by means of the receiver from a transmitter located within a zone of an intersection, wherein the local map data specifies a course of the lane at least partially;

calculating further data for specifying a course of a part of the lane dependent on the local map data, wherein the part of the lane crosses the intersection; and

controlling a steering system of the vehicle dependent on the further data and sensor data generated by means of the sensor system in order to keep the vehicle in the lane when crossing the intersection.

9. A computer program product having instructions, wherein an executing of the instructions by one or more processors initiates the one or more processors to execute:

receiving local map data by means of the receiver from a transmitter located within a zone of an intersection, wherein the local map data specifies a course of the lane at least partially;

calculating further data for specifying a course of a part of the lane dependent on the local map data, wherein the part of the lane crosses the intersection; and

controlling a steering system of the vehicle dependent on the further data and sensor data generated by means of the sensor system in order to keep the vehicle in the lane when crossing the intersection.

10. A vehicle comprising:

a driver-assistance system for keeping the vehicle in a lane of a road, the driver-assistance system having:

a sensor system,

a receiver configured to receive local map data from a transmitter located within a zone of an intersection, wherein the local map data specifies a course of the lane at least partially, and

a control system configured to:

calculate further data for specifying a course of a part of the lane dependent on the local map data, wherein the part of the lane leads at least partially across the intersection, and

control a steering system of the vehicle dependent on the further data and sensor data generated by the sensor system in order to keep the vehicle in the lane when crossing the intersection.

11. The driver-assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein the local map data specifies the course of the lane at least partially to control the vehicle for travel along the course.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the local map data specifies the course of the lane at least partially to control the vehicle for travel along the course.

13. The computer program product according to claim 9 , wherein the local map data specifies the course of the lane at least partially to control the vehicle for travel along the course.

14. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the local map data specifies the course of the lane at least partially to control the vehicle for travel along the course.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2024
From: FEV NORTH AMERICA, INC.
To: FEV GROUP GMBH
Reel/Frame 067958/0549 →
EMPLOYMENT INVENTION AGREEMENTS Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: MATTA, SHERIF; YEDIDA, SIDDHARTHA
To: FEV NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 066385/0093 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2024
From: TASKY, THOMAS; ALROUSAN, QUSAY
To: FEV NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 066292/0951 →
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