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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2022
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/023 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60W 50/023 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4042 (2020.02); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle. A first subsystem is configured to generate a first environment model and plan one or more first trajectories for the vehicle based on the first environment model. A second subsystem is configured to generate a second environment model and plan one or more second trajectories for the vehicle based on the second environment model. The first and second subsystems are each configured to perform a safety assessment both for the one or more first trajectories and for the one or more second trajectories based on a metric.