Patent ID: 9679204
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B60W,G01B,G01C,G01S,G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. A method of detecting a condition of a roadway travel surface on which a vehicle is traveling, wherein the method comprises: with a 3D camera of the vehicle, acquiring 3D camera image data including at least one image of surroundings including the roadway travel surface extending in front of the vehicle in a direction of motion thereof on the roadway travel surface, analyzing the 3D camera image data and therefrom determining transverse height profiles of the roadway travel surface that respectively extend along successive transverse lines which extend transversely to the direction of motion of the vehicle on the roadway travel surface, and detecting the condition of the roadway travel surface from the transverse height profiles that have been determined from the 3D camera image data along the transverse lines.