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Patent No.:

US 12436265 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2019

Method and apparatus for sensor data fusion for a vehicle

Applicant:

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Dominik Bauch, Muehldorf am Inn, DE;

Marco Baumgartl, Gilching, DE;

Michael Himmelsbach, Munich, DE;

Josef Mehringer, Gmund, DE;

Daniel Meissner, Friedberg, DE;

Luca Trentinaglia, Eichenau, DE;

Assignee:

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Attorneys:

Kieran O'Leary

2SPL Patent Attorneys PartG mbB

Primary Examiner:

Alexander Satanovsky

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/862 (2013.01); G01S 13/865 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9323 (2020.01); G01S 2013/9324 (2020.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for sensor data fusion for a vehicle as well as a vehicle, a computer program, and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. A distance sensor (S) is associated with the vehicle (F), and wherein in the method: fusion object data is provided which is representative of a fusion object (O) determined in the vicinity of the vehicle (F); a directional characteristic value is determined which is representative of an angle (α) of the measurement direction (M) of the distance sensor (S); a distance measurement value (d) of the distance sensor (S) is detected; depending on the distance measurement value (d) and the directional characteristic value, a fusion object (O) is determined to which the distance measurement value (d) and the directional characteristic value are assigned, and an innovated fusion object is determined depending on the distance measurement value (d), the directional characteristic value and the fusion object data.

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