Patent ID: 8346706

Claim:
A method for identifying traffic-relevant information (I) in a moving vehicle comprising the steps of: pre-evaluating image data (B) of a visual sensor and map data (K) of a navigation system for said identification; combining and interpreting results of said pre-evaluation; scanning the image data (B) for traffic-relevant information (I) contained in the image data (B); compacting relevant image data (B r ) of the image data (B) in a first scene interpretation; scanning the map data (K) for traffic-relevant information (I) contained in the map data (K); compacting relevant map data (K r ) of the map data (K) in a second scene interpretation; supplying the relevant image data (B r ) and the relevant map data (K r ) to a rule engine and to a state machine for interpreting the image and map data; evaluating the image data (B r ) and the map data (K r ) in the rule engine; transmitting an action (A) to be executed to the state machine; carrying out a transition, in the state machine, within a state space of the state machine comprising pre-defined states (Z) as a response to the action (A) to be executed; and outputting information (I), in the state machine, which is assigned to a state (Z) or to said transition.