Patent ID: 8452524

Claim:
A method for recognizing traffic-related information (I) in a driving motor vehicle, in which sensor data (B) from a sensor and map data (K) from a navigation system are interpreted for recognition purposes, said method comprising the steps of: inspecting the sensor data in a first scene interpretation for the presence of traffic-related information (I); compacting the sensor data in the first scene interpretation to relevant sensor data (B r ); inspecting the map data (K) in a second scene interpretation for the presence of traffic-related information (I); compacting the map data (K) in the second scene interpretation to relevant map data (K r ); and feeding the relevant sensor data (B r ) and the relevant map data (K r ) to a regulator for interpreting the sensor and map data, wherein the regulator evaluates the sensor data (B r ) and the map data (K r ) and then issues an output signal which corresponds to the evaluation, wherein the output signal corresponds to an action to be implemented (A), wherein the regulator forwards the output signal to a finite state machine, and wherein the finite state machine conducts a transition in a state space with pre-defined states (Z), and issues information (I) which is assigned to either a state (Z) or the transition.