Volkswagen Ag

Toni Heidenreich

Jens Spehr

The present invention relates to a method for determining arrangement information for a vehicle (). The arrangement information comprises a position of the vehicle () and an orientation of the vehicle () with respect to a stationary coordinate system. In the method, a local driving lane arrangement in the surroundings of the vehicle () is detected with sensors () of the vehicle (). A first driving lane arrangement is determined with respect to the stationary coordinate system in dependence on the local driving lane arrangement and a previously determined arrangement information item for the vehicle. A second driving lane arrangement is determined with respect to the stationary coordinate system in dependence on predefined map material. Similarity information is determined in dependence on a geometric similarity between the first driving lane arrangement and the second driving lane arrangement, and previously determined arrangement information for the vehicle () and d previously determined driving lane arrangement hypothesis are updated in dependence on the similarity information.

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Minden, Germany

Toni Heidenreich