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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2021
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Felix Modes, Erding, DE;
Oliver Wick, Hohenkammer, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method automatically determines a display status of a traffic signal installation by: detecting a traffic signal installation in vehicle surroundings of a vehicle, including a signal transmitter structure of the traffic signal installation; detecting an electromagnetic signal issuing from the traffic signal installation; detecting intensity variations in the detected signal over time; and determining a display status of the traffic signal installation. The determining takes place on the basis of the detected intensity variations and an original location of the detected signal relative to the signal transmitter structure.