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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2010
Juri Platonov, Gruenwald, DE;
Alexey Pryakhin, Munich, DE;
Peter Kunath, Munich, DE;
Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH, Karlsbad, DE;
Abstract
A driver assist system is provided that generates a video signal representing a vehicle environment outside a vehicle. At least one feature is extracted from the video signal. A reference is selected from a plurality of reference features stored as location attributes in a map database. The extracted feature is compared to at least one reference feature. An object in the vehicle environment is identified based on the comparison of the extracted feature and the reference feature. An indication is provided to a driver of the vehicle on the basis of the identified object. In one example, the system includes a video capturing device, an indicating device, a vehicle-based processing resource and access to a map database server. Processing tasks may be distributed among the vehicle-based processing resource and an external processing resource.