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Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2014
Applicant:

Honda Research Institute Europe Gmbh, Offenbach/Main, DE;

Inventors:

Nils Einecke, Offenbach, DE;

Sven Rebhan, Offenbach, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/30 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01); G01S 13/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); G01S 13/72 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2530/14 (2013.01); B60W 2550/306 (2013.01); B60W 2550/408 (2013.01); G01S 2013/936 (2013.01);
Abstract

A technique for assigning lanes on a road to objects moving in a vicinity of a vehicle on the road is proposed. A method embodiment of the invention comprises the steps of providing trajectories, wherein the or each trajectory represents a time sequence of positions of a moving object; selecting first and second objects and determining a distance between a current position of the first object and the trajectory of the second object; comparing the distance with a predefined threshold; and providing, based on a result of the comparison, a lane assignment indicating a lane to which the second object is assigned.


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