Patent ID: 8620526
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: B60W,G08G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a first motor vehicle traveling on a roadway in a first direction of travel, comprising: determining, by a processor, data of the roadway in an area of the first motor vehicle, the determining comprises determining a number of lanes of the roadway; determining, by a processor, a lane of the roadway in which the first motor vehicle is located with a least one optical camera of the first motor vehicle if the number of lanes is ≧2; determining, by a processor, whether a second motor vehicle is traveling in the lane in which the first motor vehicle is located in a direction of travel opposite the first direction of travel with a first determination apparatus of the first motor vehicle; and performing an action if the second motor vehicle is traveling in the lane in which the first motor vehicle is located in the direction of travel opposite the first direction of travel.