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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 29, 2012
Applicants:

Andreas Hartmann, Aβmannshardt, DE;

Ning Bian, Frankfurt am Main, DE;

Kai Bretzigheimer, Mainz, DE;

Thorsten Staab, Hösbach, DE;

Daniel Förster, Darmstadt, DE;

Inventors:

Andreas Hartmann, Aβmannshardt, DE;

Ning Bian, Frankfurt am Main, DE;

Kai Bretzigheimer, Mainz, DE;

Thorsten Staab, Hösbach, DE;

Daniel Förster, Darmstadt, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 50/16 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/165 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/0953 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/125 (2013.01); B60W 2520/14 (2013.01); B60W 2520/28 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2550/402 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for a driver assistance system for a vehicle is specified, wherein objects in the surroundings of a vehicle are detected on the basis of data of a system that covers the surroundings, and a potential free zone in which only no objects and/or objects which the vehicle can drive over have been reliably detected is determined. The potential free zone is verified by further vehicle and/or surroundings information.


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