| CPC G08G 1/0962 (2013.01) [B60W 30/146 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02)] | 16 Claims |
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1. A method for operating a driver assistance system for a vehicle, comprising:
capturing a video feed of an external environment of the vehicle using a camera;
transmitting the video feed to an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) of the vehicle;
determining a designated speed limit for the vehicle at a current location of the vehicle;
extracting context information of the external environment from the video feed;
comparing the context information to the designated speed limit to create a contextual speed limit;
notifying a user of the vehicle of the contextual speed limit using a dashboard comprising a display, and
automatically controlling a speed of the vehicle according to the contextual speed limit,
wherein the context information designates a specific environment that the vehicle is located in based upon one or more of: first warning information that informs the user of unsafe driving conditions, first guidance information that provides directional information to the user, and objects located in the specific environment;
wherein the context information comprises a weighted confidence value that is determined by multiplying a confidence value with a weight;
wherein the confidence value reflects a confidence level of the ECU that the context information corresponds to a particular specific environment of the vehicle;
wherein the weight corresponds to a distance between the vehicle and an object located in the specific environment of the vehicle, and
wherein the ECU is further configured to decrease the weight at a predetermined rate that is determined based upon a current speed of the vehicle.
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