Abstract: A method for creating a road model for planning a trajectory of an ego vehicle, includes capturing a vehicle environment with at least one environment capturing sensor. Objects are detected in the vehicle environment. The method includes producing a grid map with a plurality of grid cells and entering the detections into the grid map wherein the detections are enlarged prior to being entered. The method also includes determining at least one path through the grid map which consists only of vacant grid cells. The at least one path is gradually scanned, wherein detections are determined orthogonally to a scanning direction of the path on both sides. The method further includes assigning the detections along the at least one path to road boundaries and creating the road model based on the previously determined information.

Abstract: A method for creating a road model for a driver assistance system of an ego vehicle includes recording the surroundings of the ego vehicle with at least one environment detection sensor. The method also includes detecting static and/or dynamic objects and creating a grid map having a plurality of grid cells. Static objects are entered into the grid map as occupied grid cells. The method also includes tracking the static objects and/or the dynamic objects. Information regarding a road profile is deduced based on the detections entered in the grid map and the tracked objects. A road model with the deduced information is created. The road model is provided to at least one driver assistance system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for igniting and generating an expanding diffuse microwave plasma and to a device for carrying out such a method. The method is particularly suited for generating microwave plasmas for the purpose of carrying out plasma treatment of surfaces and substances, particularly three-dimensional objects as well as particles under atmospheric pressure. The aim of the invention is to provide a method for igniting and generating these plasmas that is, particularly under normal and high pressure, easy and operationally safe as well as, in principle, carried out without a flow of gas. The invention also relates to a method and device for carrying out plasma treatment of surfaces and substances by means of such a plasma, which makes an effective plasma treatment possible due to its high stability with regard to plasma generation and maintenance, low gas consumption and a high plasma volume.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for igniting and generating an expanding diffuse microwave plasma and to a device for carrying out such a method. The method is particularly suited for generating microwave plasmas for the purpose of carrying out plasma treatment of surfaces and substances, particularly three-dimensional objects as well as particles under atmospheric pressure. The aim of the invention is to provide a method for igniting and generating these plasmas that is, particularly under normal and high pressure, easy and operationally safe as well as, in principle, carried out without a flow of gas. The invention also relates to a method and device for carrying out plasma treatment of surfaces and substances by means of such a plasma, which makes an effective plasma treatment possible due to its high stability with regard to plasma generation and maintenance, low gas consumption and a high plasma volume.