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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Georg Johann Maurer, Cologne, DE;
Cyril Coerman, Leverkusen, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for determining a trajectory of a motor vehicle for a driver assistance function includes: determining an initial trajectory of the motor vehicle on a road; setting an upper threshold for the lateral acceleration of the motor vehicle; detecting data of the road surface in the direction of travel ahead of the motor vehicle with at least one sensor; determining the vertical profile of the road surface of a plurality of paths running parallel to each other in the direction of travel ahead of the motor vehicle by using the data; determining, when the vertical profile of at least one of the paths indicates a pothole, a lateral deviation from the initial trajectory for which a limit value does not exceed the set upper threshold for the lateral acceleration, wherein the road boundary is not exceeded; and outputting an adjusted trajectory by using the determined lateral deviation.