Patent ID: 9524643
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: B60W,G06K,G08G

Claim Text:
1. An advanced driver assistant system for an ego vehicle, the system comprising: at least one sensor configured to detect one or more traffic participants; a computing unit configured to receive a sensor signal from the at least one sensor, to determine from the sensor signal an orientation of each of the detected traffic participants in respect to the ego vehicle, wherein the computing unit is configured to determine whether the traffic participant is a vehicle or pedestrian, based on extracted visual features of the traffic participant, and if it determines that the traffic participant is a vehicle, to distinguish between front side and back side of the vehicle and to determine as the orientation a direction pointing from said back side to said front side; the computing unit is configured to calculate a distance between the traffic participant and a driving area, in which the ego vehicle is expected to drive and which the ego vehicle will reach in the future, and to consider the traffic participant as relevant, if the determined distance is below a predetermined threshold and the determined orientation of the traffic participant is relevant to the driving area; and the computing unit is configured to determine information concerning the driving area, and to predict the potential risks for the ego vehicle by taking only said relevant traffic participants into account.