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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2015
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Coventry, Warwickshire, GB;
Edward Hoare, Malvern, GB;
Thuy-Yung Tran, Rugby, GB;
Marina Gashinova, Birmingham, GB;
Aleksandr Bystrov, Birmingham, GB;
Mikhail Cherniakov, Birmingham, GB;
JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Warwickshire, GB;
Abstract
A system for use in a vehicle for determining an indication of the type of terrain in the vicinity of the vehicle, the system comprising; means configured to receive sensor output data from at least one vehicle-mounted sensor () which is configured to receive a reflected signal from the terrain; means configured to calculate at least two parameters from the sensor output data; means configured to convert the at least two parameters to a data point for a cluster model comprising a plurality of clusters of pre-determined data points, wherein each cluster corresponds to a different terrain type; and means configured to define to which one of the clusters the data point belongs, so as to determine an indication of the terrain type.