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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Thomas Heger, Glemsstrasse, DE;
Stephan Simon, Sibbesse, DE;
Michael Helmle, Esslingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/005 (2013.01); B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); B62D 15/0285 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining an ego-motion of a vehicle is described, which is carried out in driver assistance systems, particularly in parking assistance systems. The method involves: taking a sequence of images, successive in time of a vehicle surroundings by a vehicle camera; determining, based on the image sequence, at least one motion flow with regard to an object in the vehicle surroundings; and determining the ego-motion of the vehicle based on the at least one motion flow.