Patent ID: 9177212
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06K,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for combining a road sign recognition system and a lane detection system of a subject motor vehicle driving along a subject vehicle's lane of a road, comprising the steps: a) generating sensor data from a camera-based or video-based sensor system, b) providing the sensor data to the road sign recognition system and to the lane detection system, c) with the road sign recognition system, generating road sign information regarding a road sign detected in an environment of the road from the sensor data, d) with the lane detection system, generating lane course information regarding the subject vehicle's lane from the sensor data, e) with the lane detection system, generating first cross-over data from the lane course information, f) providing the first cross-over data to the road sign recognition system, and using the first cross-over data to check the plausibility of and/or to interpret the road sign information in the road sign recognition system to thereby select or deselect the road sign information as plausible and/or recognized road sign information, g) with the road sign recognition system, generating second cross-over data from the road sign information, and h) providing the second cross-over data to the lane detection system, and using the second cross-over data to check the plausibility of and/or to interpret the lane course information in the lane detection system to thereby select or deselect the lane course information as plausible and/or recognized lane course information.