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Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2018
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Dominik Pahlke, Cologne, DE;

Michael Koherr, Euskirchen, DE;

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/029 (2013.01); B60Q 1/04 (2013.01); B60Q 1/24 (2013.01); G06K 9/00798 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is described for assisting a driver when operating a vehicle on a road having a road surface and lane markings. The method includes the steps of ascertaining position of lane markings using an ascertaining apparatus, determining at least one lane delimiting line on the ascertained position of the lane markings, specifying a trajectory of the vehicle, in the event of the trajectory that is specified intersecting a lane delimiting line that is determined, outputting an instruction to the driver of the vehicle using at least one light beam that is projected onto the road surface.


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