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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2022
Aumovio Autonomous Mobility Germany Gmbh, Ingolstadt, DE;
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Thomas Fechner, Nuremberg, DE;
Stefan Heinrich, Nuremberg, DE;
Dieter Krökel, Nuremberg, DE;
Heiko Gustav Kurz, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
A method for determining the roadway plane in the surrounding area of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a stereo camera system for capturing stereo images of the surrounding area of the vehicle and an artificial neural network for processing the image information provided by the stereo camera system, wherein the neural network determines disparity information of the surrounding area of the vehicle, wherein, on the basis of the disparity information, distance information is calculated which contains information regarding the distance of the objects displayed on the image information from the stereo camera system or the vehicle, wherein roadway distance information is extracted from the distance information, wherein the roadway plane is determined on the basis of the roadway distance information.