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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany Gmbh, Ingolstadt, DE;
Peter Barth, Wolnzach, DE;
Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A method for correcting a position of at least one feature in the surroundings of an ego vehicle by means of a fusion of data from at least a first and a second surroundings detection sensor, including: recording the surroundings of the ego vehicle using the first surroundings detection sensor and generating a first representation of the surroundings; recording the surroundings of the ego vehicle using the second surroundings detection sensor and generating a second representation of the surroundings; detecting at least one feature in the first representation of the surroundings; determining the position of the at least one feature based on the first representation of the surroundings; determining a height profile in an area in front of the ego vehicle based on the second representation of the surroundings; fusing the position of the at least one detected feature and the determined height profile and determining a corrected position; and correcting the position of the at least one feature based on the determined corrected position.
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