EP2756265A1 - Device and method for determining a position of a vehicle - Google Patents
Device and method for determining a position of a vehicleInfo
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- EP2756265A1 EP2756265A1 EP12743924.8A EP12743924A EP2756265A1 EP 2756265 A1 EP2756265 A1 EP 2756265A1 EP 12743924 A EP12743924 A EP 12743924A EP 2756265 A1 EP2756265 A1 EP 2756265A1
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- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
- G01C21/00—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00
- G01C21/26—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
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- the invention relates to an apparatus and a method for determining a position of a vehicle.
- the invention further relates to a vehicle, a system for determining a position of a vehicle and a computer program.
- GPS Global Positioning System
- the object underlying the invention can therefore be seen to provide a device for determining a position of a vehicle, which makes it possible to determine the vehicle position, even if the vehicle itself has no navigation system or if a reception of satellites is disturbed.
- the object underlying the invention can also be seen to provide a corresponding method for determining a position of a vehicle.
- the object underlying the invention can also be seen in providing a corresponding vehicle, a corresponding system for determining a position of a vehicle and a corresponding computer program.
- the device comprises a position determining device, by means of which the position of the vehicle can be determined. Further, a transmitter is provided, which can send the position determined by the position determining means to the vehicle.
- a method of determining a position of a vehicle is provided.
- the position of the vehicle is determined and sent to the vehicle.
- a vehicle is provided that includes a device for determining a position of a vehicle.
- a system for determining a position of a vehicle comprising an external server and a device for determining a position of a vehicle, wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit the position of the vehicle to the external server ,
- a computer program comprising program code for performing the method of determining a position of a vehicle when the computer program is executed on a computer.
- the invention thus encompasses, in particular, the idea of determining the vehicle position by means of an external position-determining device and then transmitting this specific vehicle position to the vehicle itself.
- the term "external" in the sense of the present invention particularly designates an area outside the vehicle whose position is to be determined. This means, in particular, that an external position-determining device is arranged externally of the vehicle and is not arranged in or on the vehicle whose position is to be determined.
- the vehicle need not have a navigation system itself to determine its vehicle position. This eliminates a technical installation effort of a navigation system in the vehicle. Furthermore, it also does not matter whether the vehicle whose vehicle position is to be determined has sufficient satellite reception for the use of a GPS sensor, since the vehicle position is determined by external means, here in particular by means of the position-determining device. For example, the vehicle may be in a tunnel and still maintain its position.
- the vehicle whose position has been determined externally can advantageously use this externally determined vehicle position to improve an accuracy of a vehicle position which the vehicle has determined for itself by means of a navigation system, ie an internally determined vehicle position.
- a navigation system ie an internally determined vehicle position.
- an accuracy of a GPS sensor of a navigation system may be sufficient to locate the vehicle by means of the internal positioning on a particular road, but not on which lane exactly the vehicle is located.
- the accuracy of the internally determined vehicle position can then be improved, in particular in an advantageous manner, to the extent that the vehicle acquires knowledge of which lane it is on.
- the device for determining a position of a vehicle is arranged in another vehicle.
- the further vehicle determines or determines the position of the vehicle by means of the position determination device and then transmits this position to the vehicle.
- the vehicle has a suitably trained receiver.
- the position determination device is further configured to determine a current position of the position determination device.
- a sensor system for detecting a kinematic state variable of the vehicle is formed.
- the instantaneous position of the position-determining device is determined.
- a kinematic state variable of the vehicle whose position is to be determined is sensory detected.
- a kinematic state variable in the sense of the present invention is understood in particular to mean a physical quantity that can describe a movement of the vehicle.
- a kinematic state variable may include a speed and / or an acceleration of the vehicle.
- the aforementioned variables may in particular be a vector variable, so that the direction in which the vehicle travels or accelerates is also taken into account.
- a kinematic state variable can also be a distance between the position-determining device and the vehicle itself.
- the speed and / or the acceleration of the vehicle may be, in particular, an absolute value and / or a relative magnitude. Relative here means in particular that the detected state variable is determined relative to the position-determining device. If the device is arranged in particular in a vehicle, then the kinematic state variable is determined in particular relative to the vehicle. This means, in particular, that a relative speed and / or a relative acceleration with respect to the vehicle with the position-determining device are determined.
- a position of the vehicle can then advantageously be calculated and sent to the vehicle.
- the position-determining device and the sensor system are assigned to a physical object.
- the physical object comprises the position determination device and the sensor system.
- the physical object may be a fixed, that is stationary, physical object act.
- the stationary object is arranged next to or in the vicinity of a road and determines the positions of the vehicles passing on the road and then sends the corresponding positions to the respective vehicles.
- the physical object may in particular also be another vehicle.
- the further vehicle determines its own instantaneous vehicle position, detects a kinematic state variable of the vehicle whose vehicle position is to be determined, determines the position of the vehicle based on the kinematic state variable and its own instantaneous vehicle position, and subsequently also determines this position sends to the vehicle, so that the vehicle then advantageously obtains knowledge of its own vehicle position.
- to determine the current position of the physical object may be provided using a Global Positioning System (GPS) system.
- GPS Global Positioning System
- a differential GPS system can also be used.
- an odometry sensor system may in particular be provided for this purpose.
- the sensor system includes one or more radar sensors.
- the sensor system may comprise one or more ultrasonic sensors.
- the sensor system can be a video camera, in particular a 3D video camera, an environment camera system for image capturing a 360 ° environment of a vehicle, a lidar sensor, a time-of-flight sensor and / or a photo-mixing detector, also known as photonic mixing device (PMD).
- PMD photonic mixing device
- Sensor called include include.
- a PMD sensor may be used as an image sensor in TOF cameras, where TOF stands for "time of flight" and is based on light transit time method.
- the sensor system may be formed as an environmental sensor system of a vehicle assistance system. That means in particular that the environment sensor system of a vehicle assistance system is used to detect a kinematic state quantity of the vehicle.
- An environmental sensor system of a vehicle assistance system in the sense of the present invention comprises in particular the aforementioned sensor types or video camera systems.
- the radar sensors of an adaptive cruise control are also used to detect a kinematic state variable of the vehicle and to use it to determine the position of the vehicle.
- the position of the vehicle is sent to an external server.
- This external server can, for example, advantageously send the position of the vehicle to other vehicles, so that the other vehicles advantageously gain knowledge of where the vehicle is located.
- the respective positions are determined by a plurality of vehicles, these vehicles can each gain knowledge of the other positions of the vehicles. As a result, road safety is advantageously increased.
- the detected state variable and the current position are sent to the external server, which determines the position of the vehicle depending on it.
- the external server determines the position of the vehicle depending on it.
- a kinematic state variable of the vehicle whose position is to be determined is known, which may be a distance between the vehicle and the position determination device or the physical object, the position of the vehicle are calculated or calculated.
- a triangulation method in particular a triangulation method using a satellite, can be used for this purpose.
- Communication between vehicles or between a vehicle and an external server can be achieved in particular by means of wireless communication procedure be carried out.
- these may be WLAN communication methods and / or Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication methods.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- the particular position is assigned a quality factor, also called quality flag in English, which can be normalized in particular.
- a quality factor can also include information about a type and / or a quality of a sensor system, for example, whether it has high-quality or inferior components.
- the vehicle receives from several other vehicles and / or physical objects its vehicle position determined by the respective vehicle or object.
- the vehicle carries out an averaging over the various vehicle positions in order to determine a centered vehicle position for itself.
- This averaging can in particular also be carried out by means of an external server and then preferably sent to the vehicle.
- a corresponding averaging device of the vehicle can be made weaker with regard to a computing power.
- the different vehicle positions are weighted with different weighting factors for the averaging, so that, for example, vehicle positions that were determined by means of a modern sensor system are given a higher weighting than vehicle positions which were determined by means of an older sensor system.
- the type or type of the sensor system can also be taken into account by means of a corresponding weighting.
- the different vehicle positions are weighted with time factors for the averaging, so that, for example, certain vehicle positions are taken into account at a later time more strongly than chronologically older vehicle positions.
- FIG. 1 shows a device for determining a position of a vehicle
- FIG. 2 shows two vehicles
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for determining a position of a vehicle
- FIG. 4 shows a flow chart of a further method for determining a position of a vehicle
- Fig. 7 several vehicles on a street
- Fig. 1 shows an apparatus 101 for determining a position of a vehicle (not shown).
- the device 101 comprises a position determining device 103 for determining the position of the vehicle.
- the device 101 comprises a transmitter 105, which transmits the position of the vehicle to the vehicle.
- the vehicle is advantageously placed in knowledge of its current vehicle position. This makes it possible that the vehicle itself does not require a navigation system for determining its own vehicle position. Furthermore, the vehicle can also gain knowledge of its vehicle position, even if a Contact is disturbed by a GPS sensor to a satellite, such as when the vehicle is in a tunnel.
- FIG. 2 shows two vehicles 201 and 203.
- the vehicle 201 comprises the device 101 from FIG. 1.
- the position determining device 103 is the
- Position of the vehicle 203 determined.
- the position thus determined is then sent by the transmitter 105 from the vehicle 201 to the vehicle 203, so that the vehicle 203 acquires knowledge of its vehicle position.
- the vehicle 203 has a correspondingly formed receiver (not shown).
- the device 101 is arranged in or on a stationary physical object.
- a stationary physical object may be located fixedly on or adjacent to a road and determine the current vehicle positions of passing vehicles and send the determined positions to the corresponding vehicles.
- the position-determining device 103 comprises a GPS sensor, in particular a differential GPS sensor.
- the position determination device 103 comprises, in particular, a sensor system for detecting a kinematic state variable of the vehicle 203.
- the state variable is, in particular, a distance between the two vehicles 201 and 203. That means, in particular, that the sensor system keeps a distance between the two vehicles 201 and 203 recorded.
- the current vehicle position of the vehicle 203 can then be calculated. For example, a triangulation method can be used for this purpose.
- FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of a method for determining a position of a vehicle.
- the position of the vehicle is determined.
- the determined position is sent to the vehicle.
- 4 shows a flow chart of another method for determining a position of a vehicle.
- a step 401 a current position of a position determining device is determined.
- a step 403 a distance between the position-determining device and the vehicle is then detected.
- a step 405 depending on the current position, the
- Position determining means and the detected distance determines a position of the vehicle, which is then sent in a step 407 to the vehicle.
- an absolute and / or relative speed and / or acceleration of the vehicle is detected.
- Relative means, in particular, that the corresponding variable is a size of the vehicle in relation to the position-determining device.
- a further vehicle here a
- step 407 the detected state variables and the current position are sent to an external server which, depending on this, calculates the position of the vehicle and then sends it to the vehicle.
- the external server can send the position of the vehicle to other vehicles.
- the server can send the thus determined vehicle positions to the individual vehicles, so that each vehicle is informed of where the other vehicles, which are still on the road, are exactly located .
- This information can then be displayed to a driver, for example by means of a screen, so that he knows even where visibility is poor, where to find how many vehicles.
- this information can also be made available to driver assistance systems, which can decide depending on whether they intervene in a brake system, a drive system or a steering system of the vehicle in order to control the driving distance. brake, accelerate and / or steer to prevent any dangerous driving situations.
- the system 501 includes the device 101 and an external server 505.
- the device 101 detects the position of the vehicle 503 and sends it to the external server 505.
- the external server 505 then sends the position of the vehicle 503 to other vehicles 507.
- the server 505 also sends the position of the vehicle 503 to the vehicle 503.
- Fig. 6 shows a road 601 on which six vehicles 603, 605, 607, 609, 61 1 and 613 are located.
- the vehicle 603 is a stationary vehicle. This means, in particular, that the vehicle 603 does not move on the road 601 but stops.
- the other five vehicles 605, 607, 609, 61 1 and 613 travel in a common direction along the road 601.
- a stationary physical object 615 is arranged to the right of the road 601, whose position is known to the vehicles 603, 605, 607, 609, 61 1 and 613.
- the object 615 may be drawn in a digital map of a navigation system.
- a respective distance between two vehicles is determined here or detected between a vehicle and the object 615.
- an absolute and / or relative speed and / or acceleration of the vehicles is detected.
- an angle of the individual vehicles is detected to each other. This sensory detection is represented here by means of various symbols, which are identified in the drawing by the reference numeral 617.
- the individual sensor systems can be, for example, an ultrasound sensor, a video sensor, a radar sensor, a PMD sensor or a rear-facing sensor system.
- the vehicles 603, 605, 607, 609, 61 1 and 613 exchange the respectively detected state variables with one another. Furthermore, these vehicles, if present, exchange their own current vehicle position, which can be determined in particular by means of a GPS sensor. Depending on the individual instantaneous vehicle positions and the detected kinematic state variables of the individual vehicles, the vehicles themselves can determine or calculate their corresponding vehicle position and optionally also calculate the vehicle positions of the other vehicles. If a vehicle has itself determined its own vehicle position by means of a GPS sensor, the data sent to the vehicle may be used to improve the accuracy of the vehicle position measured by the GPS sensor.
- a communication of the individual vehicles with each other is here marked with a curved double arrow with the reference numeral 619.
- Communication of the individual vehicles with one another can be carried out in particular by means of a WLAN communication method and / or LTE communication method and / or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile radio method.
- UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
- FIG. 7 shows a road 601 on which four vehicles 701, 703, 705 and 707 move one behind the other in a common direction of travel.
- a stationary physical object 709 is located to the left of the road 601.
- the position of the object 709 is also known to the vehicles 701, 703, 705 and 707.
- the individual vehicles detect a respective distance from each other or a relative speed and / or an absolute speed, a relative and / or absolute acceleration and / or an angle of the vehicles to each other by means of their respective sensor systems. Further, the vehicles may also detect a distance between each other and the object 709, respectively. It can also be provided in particular that the position of the object 709 is detected by at least one of the vehicles 701, 703, 705 and 707 and communicated to the other vehicles.
- the two vehicles 707 and 705 do not have sufficient reception to determine a position of their own vehicle position by means of their GPS sensor. It may also be the case that the two vehicles 707 and 705 have already determined their own vehicle position internally. However, this is not sufficiently accurate, for example, to make a statement about which lane or which lanes the vehicles 707 and 705 are exactly.
- the vehicles 701 and 703 have sufficient reception for position determination by means of a GPS sensor for their own vehicle position.
- the vehicles 701 and 703 can calculate and transmit the vehicle position of the vehicles 705 and 707 based on their own vehicle position and on the distances or the further kinematic state variables.
- the transmitted vehicle position can be used to improve the accuracy of the corresponding internally determined vehicle position, so that, for example, advantageously a statement about it It can be taken on which lane or tracks the vehicles 705 and 707 are located exactly.
- the statements made in connection with the two vehicles 705 and 707 apply analogously to the two vehicles 701 and 703, so that they too can advantageously improve an accuracy of their self-determined vehicle position.
- FIG. 8 shows a road 601 on which there are four vehicles 801, 803, 805 and 807 which travel in a common direction of travel.
- a detection angle of the corresponding sensor systems of the individual vehicles 801, 803, 805 and 807 is designated here by the reference numeral 809.
- a respective quality factor may be assigned to the respective state variables and the own vehicle position detected by the individual vehicles, which may in particular be a measure of the accuracy with which the individual quantities or data were determined.
- the vehicle 801 may be involved with respect to its distance measuring system by means of which the state variables were detected bad quality factor, since it is the distance measuring system, for example, a simple smartphone camera.
- the vehicle 803 has, for example, an average quality factor, since the corresponding detection system, by means of which the state variables were detected, has, for example, a standard camera with a sensor surface of sufficient size.
- the vehicle 805 has, for example, a good quality factor because the corresponding detection system, by means of which the state variables were detected, has a stereo camera.
- the vehicle 807 has, for example, a poor quality factor because the corresponding detection system, by means of which the state variables were detected, has a reversing camera.
- a vehicle is equipped with a differential GPS sensor, it can then preferably be assigned a high quality factor.
- the data is assigned a mean quality factor.
- the vehicle 805 may detect the state quantities of the vehicles 803 and 807 because they are located at its corresponding detection angle 809.
- the vehicle 807 can detect the state variables of the vehicle 803 and, by means of further sensors, also state variables of preceding vehicles not shown.
- the vehicle 801 may detect the state quantities of the vehicle 803.
- a communication of the vehicles 801, 803, 805 and 807 with each other and a corresponding detection of the respective distances from each other is analogous to the embodiments shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.
- the vehicle F1 either has no GPS sensor or just no reception for the GPS sensor, so that the vehicle F1 can not determine its own position.
- the vehicle F1 may be located in a tunnel or in a city with poor GPS reception.
- the vehicle F2 detects via its sensor system the relative position of the vehicle F1, that is to say in particular the distance between F1 and F2, and in particular optionally a speed and / or an angle of the vehicle F1.
- the own position of the vehicle F2 as well as its global orientation, ie the direction of its speed, ie its direction of travel, can be determined and thus known in particular by means of a GPS sensor.
- the vehicle F2 can now determine the vehicle position of F1 on the basis of its own position and the variables detected by means of the environmental sensor system and send these to the vehicle F1 and in particular also to other vehicles.
- a position is advantageously determined for the vehicle F1, which can not determine a vehicle position for itself.
- the aforementioned steps can also be extended for a chain / row of several vehicles (column in a tunnel) and / or for integration of stationary objects that know their positions.
- the several vehicles exchange their respective relative distances between them and other kinematic state variables and, if present, their own vehicle position.
- both vehicles F1 and F2 have a GPS sensor and sufficient reception to determine their own vehicle position. By means of their respective environment sensor systems, they can determine a relative distance and optionally a speed as well as an angle between F1 and F2. It can also be provided that either only one of the two vehicles F1 and F2 has an environment sensor system or both.
- more accurate and accurate positions of the vehicles F1 and F2 can be determined.
- an extension for multiple vehicles and objects can be provided, which is carried out analogously.
- more than just two vehicles or objects may be provided.
- all or only some of the vehicles can determine their own vehicle position by means of a GPS sensor and determine distance data to the other vehicles. Based on this information, their own vehicle positions can then be determined for all vehicles.
- both vehicles F1 and F2 have a GPS sensor, but each have a satellite contact too little for a sufficiently accurate position determination or poor reception to determine a sufficiently accurate vehicle position. It will be the distance between
- the inaccurate GPS position can then be advantageously calculated more accurately by means of the determined distance, in particular if additionally a speed of the vehicles F1 and F2 or an angle is detected.
- a time correction of the satellites can be used in the calculation.
- the vehicle F1 has a GPS sensor and can thus determine its own vehicle position. Further, a stationary object O is provided, which has a position known to the vehicle F1, this position has been determined in particular very accurately and accurately. In particular, the vehicle F1 determines the distance to the stationary object O, in particular by means of its sensor system, and can determine an even more precise and exact position for itself depending on the distance and its position determined by means of the GPS sensor. In a further embodiment it can be provided that the vehicles send their respectively acquired data or specific positions to an external server, which then carries out, for example, the calculation for the vehicles and returns the exact positions to the vehicles. Communication between the vehicles and the server can be performed, for example, by the C2l communication method.
- C2I stands for the English term "car to infrastructure.”
- a C2I communication method refers to a communication method from a vehicle to an infrastructure or to a physical object, which is not a vehicle, such as a signal system or a base station It is also sufficient that the vehicles have control units which are not particularly powerful, since the calculation is carried out externally, but in particular a combination of internal and external calculations can be carried out.
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