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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
May. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Thomas Fechner, Kressbronn, DE;
Stefan Heinrich, Achern, DE;
Dirk Ulbricht, Achern, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ADC Automotive Distance Control Systems GmbH, Lindau, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/12 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for detecting road lane markings for a motor vehicle in motion with an image recording unit is presented. The image recording unit points to the road in front of the vehicle and in the recorded image data, brightness differences (contrasts) are analysed and/or edges are extracted. Road lane markings are detected by means of their periodic arrangement. For evaluation purposes, the measuring signal of the image recording unit is transformed into another coordinate system, and the auxiliary function thus obtained is tested for periodic structures.