Patent ID: 8676508

Claim:
A method for determining a road profile of a lane located in front of a vehicle via sensed image data ( 1 ) and sensed inherent vehicle movement data ( 2 ), comprising: providing one or more image sensors, using said one or more image sensors to sense the ground unevenness of each wheel path individually, providing at least one sensor for sensing inherent vehicle movement data, providing an estimating device ( 3 ), supplying sensed image data ( 1 ) and sensed inherent vehicle movement data ( 2 ) to the estimating device ( 3 ), determining the road elevation profile (P) including ground unevenness for each wheel path located in front of the vehicle on the basis of the sensed image data ( 1 ) and determining the vehicle location on the basis of the sensed inherent vehicle movement data ( 2 ), successively composing in the estimating device ( 3 ) a continuous road elevation profile including ground unevenness for each wheel path, independent of the inherent vehicle movement, for road previously traveled over, and regulating or controlling at least one chassis function, chassis control and/or chassis regulation of the vehicle in dependence on the determined road elevation profile (P) including the ground unevenness of each wheel path individually of the lane located in front of the vehicle.