Patent ID: 9691282
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B60W,G08G

Claim:
1. A method for a driver assistance system for a vehicle, the method comprising: detecting, by a first vehicle sensor, objects in the surroundings of the vehicle on the basis of data of a system that covers the surroundings, the first sensor measuring distance to the object or capturing an image of the object; determining, based on the detection of the first vehicle sensor, a potential free zone in which only no objects and/or objects which the vehicle can drive over have been reliably detected; detecting, by a second vehicle sensor, further vehicle and/or surroundings information, the second sensor measuring distance to the object or capturing an image of the object; verifying that the potential free zone only includes no objects and/or objects which the vehicle can drive over on the basis of the further vehicle and/or surroundings information captured by second vehicle sensor; and outputting control signals to a driver or an automatic steering or braking intervention for controlling the vehicle to enter the verified free zone.