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US 9,562,772 · App. 14/650,403 · Granted Feb 7, 2017

Method for determining initial data for determining position data of a vehicle

Inventors: Michael Zalewski (Bruchköbel, DE); Klaus Rink (Rodenbach, DE); Marc Menzel (Weimar, DE); Ulrich Stählin (Eschborn, DE)
Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
G01C21/20G01C21/165G01C21/206
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Patent No.
US 9,562,772
App. No.
14/650,403
Granted
Feb 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for determining initial data for determining position data of a vehicle based on driving dynamics data, the method including: assigning a determined environment status at a determined position of the vehicle to the determined position of the vehicle; detecting on environment status; and—using the determined position as initial data if a contrast of the detected environment status and the determined environmental status satisfies a predetermined condition.

Claims (29)

1. A method for determining initial data for determining position data of a vehicle on a basis of vehicle-dynamics data, comprising:

in response to the vehicle being turned OFF, detecting a first ambient condition in proximity of the vehicle and associating the first ambient condition with a defined position of the vehicle,

in response to the vehicle being turned ON:

detecting a second ambient condition in the proximity of the vehicle,

comparing the first ambient condition to the second ambient condition, and

when the comparison satisfies a predetermined condition, using the defined position as initial data indicating a current position of the vehicle.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the defined position of the vehicle is a position at which the vehicle is switched off.

3. A method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the detected ambient condition after the switching-off and a system restart of the vehicle is detected at the defined position.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the defined ambient condition comprises at least a portion of an image of a surrounding area of the vehicle.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the portion of the image of the surrounding area of the vehicle is detected by surround sensors.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the portion of the image of the surrounding area of the vehicle is detected in a plane outside a movement plane of the vehicle.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the portion of the image of the surrounding area of the vehicle is detected by means of object recognition.

8. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the portion of the image of the surrounding area of the vehicle is detected in a plane outside a movement plane of the vehicle.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the portion of the image of the surrounding area of the vehicle is detected by means of object recognition.

10. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the portion of the image of the surrounding area of the vehicle is detected by means of object recognition.

11. A method for determining initial data for determining position data of a vehicle on a basis of vehicle-dynamics data, comprising:

in response to the vehicle being turned OFF, detecting a first ambient condition in proximity of the vehicle and associating the first ambient condition with a defined position of the vehicle,

in response to the vehicle being turned ON:

detecting a second ambient condition in the proximity of the vehicle,

comparing the first ambient condition to the second ambient condition, and

when the comparison satisfies a predetermined condition, using the defined position as initial data indicating a current position of the vehicle,

acquiring vehicle-dynamics data, and

updating the current position by extrapolating the initial data on the basis of the vehicle-dynamics data.

12. A control device, which is designed to implement a method for determining initial data for determining position data of a vehicle on the basis of vehicle-dynamics data, comprising:

in response to the vehicle being turned OFF, detecting a first ambient condition in proximity of the vehicle and associating the first ambient condition with a defined position of the vehicle,

in response to the vehicle being turned ON:

detecting a second ambient condition in the proximity of the vehicle,

comparing the first ambient condition to the second ambient condition, and

when the comparison satisfies a predetermined condition, using the defined position as initial data indicating a current position of the vehicle.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 5, 2026
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
To: AUMOVIO GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 076113/0632 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2024
From: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 068794/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2015
From: ZALEWSKI, MICHAEL; RINK, KLAUS; MENZEL, MARC; STAHLIN, ULRICH
To: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
Reel/Frame 035808/0829 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 223 970 · Dec 20, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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