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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Bosch Automotive Products (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., Suzhou, Jiangsu, CN;
Assignee:
Bosch Automotive Products (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., Suzhou, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01C 21/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01C 21/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for providing vehicle navigation information within an elevated road area comprising the steps of: extracting at least one specific object from each of a plurality of images in an advancing direction of a vehicle while the vehicle is approaching to one ramp of the elevated road area, the plurality of images being obtained over time; determining a driving direction of the vehicle on the ramp in accordance with time characteristic of the specific object; and generating the vehicle navigation information from the driving direction and rendering the generated vehicle navigation information.