Patent ID: 11926341
Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. A method, comprising:
receiving a measurement data relating to a traffic situation from a sensor;
determining a size of a current detection area of the sensor by evaluating the measurement data, the current detection area represents a degree of visibility at a time when the measurement data are received;
creating a sensor model based on the measurement data;
modelling a size of an estimated detection area of the sensor from the measurement data through forward simulation based on a vehicle position of a vehicle;
determining a change in the size of the estimated detection area of the sensor, the change in the size of the estimated detection area is determined by the sensor model by execution of one or more driving maneuvers of a predefined list of possible driving maneuvers checked by the sensor model;
determining the driving maneuver that results in an increase in the size of the estimated detection area simulated by the sensor model by comparing the change in the size of the estimated detection area determined for each of the predefined list of possible driving maneuvers to one another and/or to the current detection area; and
selecting the driving maneuver for execution using a control unit depending on the increase in the size of the estimated detection area.