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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mohsen Lakehal-Ayat, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joost Potma, Utrecht, NL;
Michael Seemann, Cologne, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method and an arrangement for assessing the roadway surface being driven on by a vehicle. In a method according to the disclosure, on the basis of at least one image recorded with a camera that is present on the vehicle, the roadway surface being driven on by the vehicle is classified using a classifier. The classifier is trained on the basis of image features that are extracted from the at least one image, wherein a plurality of image details are defined in the at least one image. The extraction of image features is performed independently for each of these image details.