Abstract: A method for determining at least one free space in vehicle surroundings of a vehicle. The method includes: receiving at least two-dimensional contour points of objects in the vehicle surroundings; assigning the received contour points to a plurality of rows, which subdivide into rows at least one field of vision situated in the vehicle surroundings and considered within the scope of the method; ascertaining the particular contour point within a row for at least a portion of the plurality of rows as the minimum contour point, which, of all contour points assigned to this row, has the shortest contour point distance to a reference system of the vehicle within the particular row; and connecting the previously determined minimum contour points to a free space or multiple free spaces within the at least one field of vision considered.

Abstract: A detection method for detecting static objects in surroundings of a vehicle, and a vehicle.

Abstract: An object detection method for vehicles, which employs at least one sensor S for cyclically detecting a vehicle's surroundings whose measured values M are projected into a freely definable grid G and are combinable into grid-based segments that can be assigned to identified objects O, and, in accordance with which, tracks for these objects O are ascertained which can be used for controlling vehicle functions. The cells Z of the grid G are designed to have incremental dimensions that differ in their incremental dimensions in the radial and/or circumferential direction in such a way that a functionally optimized object resolution is achieved.

Abstract: A method for sensing objects in the surrounding field of vehicles, input values being determined by a plurality of sensors, and positional information pertaining to the objects being derived on the basis of a comparison with stored data, as well as a device for implementing the method.

Abstract: The invention concerns a door space monitoring device for monitoring a door swing area of a vehicle door.