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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2018
Applicant:

Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventors:

Dominik Maucher, Stuttgart, DE;

Heinz Hertlein, Erlenbach, DE;

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 7/04 (2006.01); G01B 21/20 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/66 (2006.01); G01S 13/72 (2006.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 7/04 (2013.01); G01B 21/20 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2552/35 (2020.02); G01S 13/723 (2013.01); G01S 17/66 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9323 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93271 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93273 (2020.01); G08G 1/165 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for ascertaining a ground profile in a region in front of a vehicle in a direction of travel, using at least one sensor; at least one vertical motion of at least one vehicle traveling ahead being measured by the vehicle, an independent motion of the vehicle being ascertained or estimated, the measured data of the at least one vertical motion of the at least one vehicle traveling ahead being compared to the ascertained or estimated data of the independent motion of the vehicle, and a ground profile being derived from the comparison of the measured data of the at least one vehicle traveling ahead with the ascertained or estimated data of the independent motion of the vehicle. In addition, a system is described.


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