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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2017
Deutsches Zentrum Für Luft- Und Raumfahrt E.v., Köln, DE;
Robert Klarner, München, DE;
Hartmut Runge, München, DE;
Abstract
Driver assistance system and method of assisting a driver when operating a vehicle in a transportation route network. The system includes a first interface to provide navigation data relating to the network, a position detection unit to provide a position of the vehicle, a second interface to provide first data relating to first objects, arranged along transportation routes of the network, a sensor system to sense current surroundings of the vehicle at the position in order to generate surroundings data, a first evaluation unit to determine second data relating to second objects based on the surroundings data, a fusion unit to match and fuse the first data and the second data to form third data, and a control unit to execute at least one assistance function in order to assist operation of the vehicle, wherein the assistance function is executed depending on the third data and the navigation data.