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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2006
Cedric Dupont, San Francisco, CA (US);
Carsten Bergmann, San Jose, CA (US);
Arne Stoschek, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Carlo Rummel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Cedric Dupont, San Francisco, CA (US);
Carsten Bergmann, San Jose, CA (US);
Arne Stoschek, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Carlo Rummel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
A 3D navigation system for motor vehicles includes a set-up combining a first motor vehicle and an environment scanner to generate a three-dimensional image of an environment around the first motor vehicle or at least a part of the environment around the first motor vehicle as well as at least a second motor vehicle and a communications connection between the first motor vehicle and the second motor vehicle for transmitting the three-dimensional image of the environment around the first motor vehicle or at least a part of the environment around the first motor vehicle to the second motor vehicle.