Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting an object (8) in a surrounding region (9) of a motor vehicle (1) in which in each of a plurality of temporally sequential measurement cycles a raw signal (10) is received, which describes an ultrasonic signal of an ultrasonic sensor (4) reflected in the surrounding region (9), the raw signal (10) is compared with a predetermined ground threshold value curve (11), and a signal component (14) of the raw signal (10) that is to be tracked which exceeds the ground threshold value curve (11) is detected and assigned to the object (8), and the object (8) is tracked in the measurement cycles on the basis of the detected signal component (14) that is to be tracked, wherein to track the object (8) after recognition of the signal component (14) that is to be tracked, in the subsequent measurement cycles, signal peaks (13) of the raw signal (10) are detected, and an assignment to the object (8) is checked for the detected signal peaks (13).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for assessing an affiliation of a sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) to an object in a surrounding area (7, 8) of a motor vehicle (1), in which the sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) is sensed using a first sensor device (4) of the motor vehicle (1), and a fuzziness zone (14, 15) characterizing a positional fuzziness of the sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) is formed around the sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20), wherein the assessment of the affiliation of the sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) to the object takes into consideration at least one position of a further sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) of the object, wherein an overall fuzziness zone (16) is formed on the basis of the fuzziness zone (14, 15) of the sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20), and the affiliation of the sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) to the object is acknowledged if the sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) and the further sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) are situated in an area formed by the overall fuzziness zone (16).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing information about an object sensed in a surrounding area (7, 8) of a motor vehicle (1), in which the surrounding area (7, 8) is sensed using a sensor device (4, 10, 11) of the motor vehicle (1), and a piece of information is provided on a communication interface in the motor vehicle (1), wherein a piece of height information for the object is stored as information in a sensor-device-end control unit (3a) and this information is provided on the communication interface (13) connected to the sensor-device-end control unit (3a) for the purpose of transmission to and further processing with a further control unit (3b) of a processing device (12) that comprises the two control units (3a, 3b) and that is configured to create a map of the surrounding area. The invention also relates to a sensor device, a processing device (12) and a motor vehicle (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating a surroundings map (12) of a surroundings area (8) of a motor vehicle (1), in which method the surroundings area (8) is captured by way of at least one sensor, in particular ultrasound sensor (5, 6, 14, 15), on the motor vehicle, wherein capturing of the surroundings area (8) by way of the at least one sensor (5, 6, 14, 15) is performed at at least two different points in time (T1, T2), and in a manner dependent on said surroundings clearance situations detected in each case in a manner dependent on items of sensor information at the points in time (T1, T2), a decision is made as regards whether an object (11, 13) which is at least supposedly situated in the surroundings area (8) in at least one surroundings clearance situation is, upon an updating of the surroundings map (12), displayed on the then updated surroundings map (12). The invention also relates to a driver assistance system (2) and to a motor vehicle (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the at least semi-autonomous manoeuvring of a motor vehicle (1), in which a relative position between the motor vehicle (1) and at least one object (10, 11) in a surrounding area (7) of the motor vehicle (1) is detected by means of a sensor device (9) of the motor vehicle (1), a travel trajectory (12) for travel of the motor vehicle (1) past the at least one object (10, 11) is determined on the basis of the detected relative position, and a collision distance, which describes a distance between the motor vehicle (1) and the at least one object (10, 11) during the travel along the determined travel trajectory (12), is determined, wherein before the travel of the motor vehicle (1) along the travel trajectory (12) an uncertainty area (a, a?) is determined between the motor vehicle (1) and the at least one object (10, 11), and the collision distance is adjusted as a function of the determined uncertainty area (a, a?), and the travel of the motor vehicle (1) along the travel t

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for identifying at least one object (9, 10) in a surrounding area (7) of a motor vehicle (1), in which the motor vehicle (1) is moved relative to at least one object (9, 10) and, while the motor vehicle (1) is moved relative to the at least one object (9, 10), a measurement cycle is performed at each of a plurality of successive times, wherein each measurement cycle involves an ultrasonic sensor (4) of the motor vehicle (1) being used to transmit an ultrasonic signal, and a feature (14) being determined that describes a position value, which describes a position of the at least one object (9, 10) and which is ascertained on the basis of a first received echo of the ultrasonic signal, and a presence of a second echo of the ultrasonic signal that is received within a predetermined period of time after the first echo, wherein the respective features (14) are associated with a cluster (13) on the basis of their position value, and the features (14) of the cluster (13) are signall