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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2016
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Toni Heidenreich, Minden, DE;
Jens Spehr, Salzgitter, DE;
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for determining arrangement information for a vehicle (). The arrangement information comprises a position of the vehicle () and an orientation of the vehicle () with respect to a stationary coordinate system. In the method, a local driving lane arrangement in the surroundings of the vehicle () is detected with sensors () of the vehicle (). A first driving lane arrangement is determined with respect to the stationary coordinate system in dependence on the local driving lane arrangement and a previously determined arrangement information item for the vehicle. A second driving lane arrangement is determined with respect to the stationary coordinate system in dependence on predefined map material. Similarity information is determined in dependence on a geometric similarity between the first driving lane arrangement and the second driving lane arrangement, and previously determined arrangement information for the vehicle () and d previously determined driving lane arrangement hypothesis are updated in dependence on the similarity information.