Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Vladimir Haltakov

Heidrun Belzner

Daniel Kotzor

Pascal Minnerup

Joeran Zeisler

Daniel Niehues

Richard Rau

Maxi Winter

Artur Russ

Andrej Maya

A method for controlling a first vehicle, travelling on a road, that has a second vehicle travelling ahead of it, includes the steps of: scanning the second vehicle from the first vehicle by use of multiple sensors; providing individual determinations, each on the basis of scans by only one of the sensors, concerning whether the first and the second vehicle are travelling in the same lane of the road, wherein each sensor has an associated determination certainty; and providing a collision warning if a product of the determination certainties is below a predetermined threshold value.

Method for controlling a vehicle, and control apparatus for a vehicle

A method reminds a driver of a motor vehicle about an approach to a light signal apparatus. The method detects a plurality of light signal apparatuses, selects from the plurality of light signal apparatuses in order to select that one which is relevant to a direction of travel of the motor vehicle to determine an assignment of the detected light signal to the motor vehicle, and determines whether the detected light signal from the selected light signal apparatus is a stop light signal. The method generates a stop signal if a stop light signal is detected when the motor vehicle is at a standstill. When a stop signal is present, the method determines a reliability value depending on the at least one operating variable of the motor vehicle for the selection of the light signal apparatus, generates a confirmation signal verifying the selection, depending on the reliability value, and outputs the confirmation signal in order to inform the driver about a verified selection, and generates a starting signal reminding the driver to start, depending on the reliability value, when a changeover on a traffic light signal is detected.

Method and device for reminding a driver about an approach to a light signal apparatus

A method automatically detects parking zones in at least one residential street, wherein a) a computing unit is provided; b) information in the form of panoramic images of the at least one residential street is inputted from an external data store; c) information in the form of street data of the at least one residential street is inputted from a map database; d) an internal database is generated, which persists the panoramic images; e) the inputted panoramic images are analyzed for the presence of vehicles; f) the inputted panoramic images are analyzed for the presence of street signs and traffic signs; g) from the analyses of the presence of vehicles and the presence of street signs and traffic signs for at least one selected residential street, expected existing no-parking/no-stopping zones are determined; h) a data set that contains the detected information regarding identified vehicles, street signs, and the markings of no-parking/no-stopping zones and parking zones is generated, and i) the information contained in the data set is visualized on a terminal unit.

Method and system for automatic detection of parking zones

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Vladimir Haltakov