Patent ID: 8483906
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: B60T,B60W

Abstract:
1. A driver assistance system for a motor vehicle, comprising: a sensor device for measuring data about an environment of the vehicle; at least two assistance functions dependent on the measured data; and a data processing device, which analyzes the measured data and generates at least one specific environmental hypothesis for each assistance function, which provides output data in a form prepared for the corresponding assistance function, wherein at least one environmental hypothesis which has a structure divided into a plurality of partial hypotheses is predefined in the data processing device, the partial hypotheses having a logical relationship with one another such that output data of one partial hypothesis flow into the generation of another partial hypothesis, and at least two assistance functions directly or indirectly use a shared partial hypothesis, wherein the at least one environmental hypothesis determines how the measured data is interpreted, wherein each of the partial hypotheses represents a term described by an aspect of the environment, wherein the logical relationship between partial hypotheses includes at least one of a subset relation and an implicit relation, and wherein a warning about leaving a lane is provided as an additional assistance function, wherein an additional sensor provides data which is analyzed according to a second environmental hypothesis, which has an interconnected structure having a plurality of partial hypotheses, wherein the plurality of partial hypotheses is as follows: