Method and control unit for setting at least one parameter of a driver assistance device of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9566899-B2
Application number	US-201514965472-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2015
Priority date	Dec 11, 2014
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

A method for setting at least one parameter of a driver assistance device of a vehicle includes reading in concealment data which represent at least one property of at least one concealment object situated adjacent to a roadway in a surroundings of the vehicle. The method also includes ascertaining a concealment-related visual range from the vehicle in an area of the surroundings situated in the forward travel direction ahead of the vehicle, using the concealment data. Finally, the method includes adapting the at least one parameter as a function of the concealment-related visual range.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for setting at least one parameter of a driver assistance device of a vehicle, the method comprising:
identifying at least one property of at least one concealment object situated adjacent to a roadway in a surroundings of the vehicle;
ascertaining a concealment-related visual range from the vehicle in an area of the surroundings situated in the forward travel direction ahead of the vehicle, using the identified at least one property of the at least one concealment object; and
adapting the at least one parameter as a function of the concealment-related visual range.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one parameter represents a parameter for changing a characteristic of a light emission of at least one headlight of the vehicle from a first characteristic to a second characteristic.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining the concealment data, using surroundings data which represent at least one property of the surroundings of the vehicle, a position, a pattern, an optical density, and/or a distance of the at least one concealment object relative to the roadway, relative to the vehicle, and/or relative to a trajectory of the vehicle being determined in the determining as the at least one property of the at least one concealment object.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein geodata, vehicle-related location data, and/or at least one point and a distance of the at least one concealment object relative to the roadway and/or relative to the trajectory of the vehicle is determined in the determining as the position of the at least one concealment object, a continuous distance pattern along the roadway and/or the trajectory, a distance pattern extrapolated from a distance measured at a point, and/or a default distance pattern being determined as the distance of the at least one concealment object relative to the roadway and/or relative to the trajectory of the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
receiving the surroundings data from at least one interface with a position detection unit, a vehicle camera, a data transmission unit, and/or a surroundings detection unit of the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein geodata, navigation data, building development data, vegetation data, image data, and/or distance data of the at least one concealment object relative to the roadway, relative to the vehicle, and/or relative to a trajectory of the vehicle are received as the surroundings data in the receiving.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the concealment-related visual range is ascertained in the ascertaining, using a position of the at least one concealment object and a trajectory of the vehicle.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a waiting time period and/or a controller time constant is/are adapted in the adapting, the waiting time period and/or the controller time constant being set to a first value when the concealment-related visual range is smaller than a threshold value, and the waiting time period and/or the controller time constant being set to a second value when the concealment-related visual range is greater than the threshold value, the first value being greater than the second value.

9. A control unit for setting at least one parameter of a driver assistance device of a vehicle, comprising:
a reading arrangement to identify at least one property of at least one concealment object situated adjacent to a roadway in a surroundings of the vehicle;
an ascertaining arrangement to ascertain a concealment-related visual range from the vehicle in an area of the surroundings situated in the forward travel direction ahead of the vehicle, using the identified at least one property of the at least one concealment object; and
an adapting arrangement to adapt the at least one parameter as a function of the concealment-related visual range.

10. A computer readable medium having a computer program, which is executable by a processor, comprising:
a program code arrangement having program code for setting at least one parameter of a driver assistance device of a vehicle, by performing the following:
identifying at least one property of at least one concealment object situated adjacent to a roadway in a surroundings of the vehicle;
ascertaining a concealment-related visual range from the vehicle in an area of the surroundings situated in the forward travel direction ahead of the vehicle, using the identified at least one property of the at least one concealment object; and
adapting the at least one parameter as a function of the concealment-related visual range.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the at least one parameter represents a parameter for changing a characteristic of a light emission of at least one headlight of the vehicle from a first characteristic to a second characteristic.

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Foltin Johannes Ludwig

Classifications

• B60Q2300/322

  Road curvature · CPC title

• B60Q1/08 Primary

  automatically · CPC title

• B60Q2300/45

  Special conditions, e.g. pedestrians, road signs or potential dangers · CPC title

• B60Q2300/32

  Road surface or travel path · CPC title

• B60Q1/085 Primary

  due to special conditions, e.g. adverse weather, type of road, badly illuminated road signs or potential dangers (B60Q1/10, B60Q1/12, B60Q1/1423 take precedence) · CPC title