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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2012
Stefan Hegemann, Wangen, DE;
Stefan Lueke, Bad Homburg, DE;
Christoph Hassenpflug, Lindau, DE;
Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH, Nuremberg, DE;
Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
A method and a device determine whether a vehicle can pass through a passage of an object, based on image data from a 3-D camera, which records an image of surroundings of the vehicle. A trajectory of the vehicle is ascertained. From the image data, it is determined whether an object located above the trajectory is recognized and whether the object has at least one connection to the ground. The dimensions and the shape of an entry area or a passage space between the object and the roadway, through which the vehicle is to pass, are determined from the image data. By comparing the dimensions and shape of the entry area or the passage space with the dimensions and shape of the vehicle, it is determined whether and how the vehicle can pass through the entry area or passage space.