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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Ning Bian, Esehborn, DE;
Celine Gamulescu, Regensburg, DE;
Andreas Mayer, Freiburg, DE;
Thomas Schweiger, Wörth, DE;
Inventors:
Ning Bian, Esehborn, DE;
Celine Gamulescu, Regensburg, DE;
Andreas Mayer, Freiburg, DE;
Thomas Schweiger, Wörth, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/00 (2006.01); B60G 17/018 (2006.01); A01B 69/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/70 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60T 7/16 (2006.01); B62D 1/24 (2006.01); B60K 28/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method for determining a roadway state (STATE) of a roadway on which a vehicle () is travelling which has at least one wheel () and an acceleration sensor () which is assigned to the wheel (), in order to determine a vertical component of an acceleration of the wheel (), a characteristic value which is representative of the roadway state (STATE) is determined as a function of a measured signal (AC_VERT) of the acceleration sensor ().