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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2019
Zf Automotive Germany Gmbh, Alfdorf, DE;
Manuel Schmidt, Dortmund, DE;
Christian Wissing, Dortmund, DE;
Andreas Homann, Dortmund, DE;
Christian Lienke, Gelsenkirchen, DE;
Torsten Bertram, Düsseldorf, DE;
Martin Krüger, Lossatal, DE;
Till Nattermann, Krefeld, DE;
Karl-Heinz Glander, Monheim, DE;
ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH, Alfdorf, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for determining a driving corridor for a motor vehicle (). The motor vehicle () comprises at least one camera () and a control unit (), the camera () being designed to generate images of a front region () in front of the motor vehicle () and to forward these images to the control unit (). The control unit () comprises a machine learning module () having an artificial neural network. The method comprises the following steps: an image of the front region () in front of the motor vehicle () is obtained by the at least one camera (); characteristic image features of the image are extracted by means of the artificial neural network; by means of the same artificial neural network, image points () which delimit the driving corridor of the motor vehicle () and/or at least one driving corridor adjacent to the driving corridor are determined on the basis of the extracted characteristic image features. The invention also relates to a system () for determining a vehicle corridor.