Patent ID: 8718919
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for providing lane recognition for a controlled vehicle equipped with an adaptive distance and speed control system and traveling on a road, comprising: transmitting to the adaptive distance and speed control system, using an object detection system, a relative speed of a detected object with respect to the controlled vehicle; transmitting to the adaptive distance and speed control system: a) a variable for determining a lateral offset of the detected object with respect to the longitudinal vehicle axis of the controlled vehicle; and b) the speed of the controlled vehicle; determining, based on the relative speed of the detected object with respect to the controlled vehicle and the speed of the controlled vehicle, whether the detected object is one of oncoming, stationary, and moving in the same direction as the controlled vehicle; determining, using the lateral offset of the detected object with respect to the longitudinal vehicle axis of the controlled vehicle, the number of lanes present on the road and the lane in which the controlled vehicle is currently traveling; and adjusting a detection region of the object detection system based on the determined lane.