Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically detecting a driving maneuver of a motor vehicle (A), in particular an overtaking maneuver or an evasive maneuver, in which the surroundings of the vehicle are covered and an electronic image thereof is created, the electronic image is used for the detection of a traffic lane and/or of a road as well as of-objects (B, C) in the surroundings of the vehicle, longitudinal-dynamics and lateral-dynamics movement information ({dot over (?)}, ?y, ?H, ?FL, ?FR, ?RL, ?RR) of motor vehicle (A) is determined, and the position ({circumflex over (X)}) of motor vehicle (A) is odometrically estimated on the basis of the data (bLane, yLane, ?, c0) of lane detection and/or road detection and/or of the movement information ({dot over (?)}, ?y, ?H, ?FL, ?FR, ?RL, ?RR) of motor vehicle (A), wherein the invention provides that a) the following indicator quantities are formed from the estimated position data ({circumflex over (X)}) of motor vehicle (A): a value of the latera

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical module having a semiconductor element (4) with a surface that is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation and with an objective lens (1) for the projection of electromagnetic radiation onto the sensitive surface of the semiconductor element (4), in particular for the use thereof in motor vehicles. An additional optical element (11) is arranged in a defined partial volume in the space between the objective lens (1) and the sensitive surface of the semiconductor element (4) so that, by the additional optical element (11), a first distance range (8) is imaged in a first region of the sensitive surface of the semiconductor element (4) and a second distance range (9) is imaged in a second region of the visual range where the additional optical element (11) is not located.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an object detection device for analysing objects in the environment and/or scenes in the environment. The object detection device includes a data processing and/or evaluation device. In the data processing and/or evaluation device, image data (xt) is evaluated on the basis of a Conditional Random Field (CRF) model and the CRF model provides additional object nodes (otn) which take into account information from an object detector.

Abstract: A driver assistance system for avoiding collisions of a vehicle with pedestrians, the system including a camera sensor and/or a beam sensor. When an object moving at a given speed on a pedestrian crossing is detected, the object is detected as being a pedestrian with a probability that is sufficiently high to output a warning to the driver, reducing the likelihood of a potential collision.

Abstract: A device and a method for detecting motor vehicles and their approach angles by passive or active transponders which are provided on the motor vehicles is described, which can be triggered by a transceiver device to transfer information stored in the transponders. It is recommended that on a motor vehicle at least two transponders are arranged with a restricted emission angle range and a different emission direction, and that information suitable for identifying the motor vehicle is stored in the transponders.

Abstract: A method for exposure control for a camera system in a motor vehicle is provided. The camera system records a sequence of images of the surroundings of the vehicle using an optimal exposure time. The optimal exposure time is predetermined depending on the brightness of the surroundings or on the brightness of individual objects in the image. If the optimal exposure time is longer than a predetermined threshold value, at least one intermediate image is recorded using a short predetermined exposure time, i.e. an exposure time shorter than the optimal exposure time. At least two driver assistance functions are executed on the basis of the image data of the camera system. The image data recorded using the optimal exposure time is used for a first driver assistance system and the image data recorded using the short exposure time is used for a second driver assistance system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle, comprising a surroundings sensor and an evaluation unit for the surroundings sensor data, wherein the evaluation unit is provided with data from a positioning device and reduced data from a digital road map.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radar system for recording the environment of a motor vehicle, comprising: transmission means for emitting transmission signals using several transmission antennas; receiving means for receiving transmission signals reflected by objects using several receiver antennas; and signal processing means for processing the received signals, characterized in that it is equipped with several transmitter and receiver antennas, each containing at least one individual transmitting or receiving element, referred to henceforth as an elemental emitter, which is located on the front or rear face of a level printed circuit board, it is equipped with at least one transmitter antenna and receiver antenna, each containing at least one elemental emitter located on the level printed circuit board, the antenna pattern of said antenna outside the radar sensor being tilted at a maximum angle of 45° to the perpendicular on the board, and it is equipped with at least one transmitter and receiver antenna, each

Abstract: The invention relates to a radar system for recording the environment of a motor vehicle, comprising: transmission means for emitting transmission signals using at least two transmission antennas; receiving means for receiving transmission signals reflected by objects using one or more receiver antennas; and signal processing means for processing the received signals, characterized in that it is equipped with transmitter and receiver antennas that are planar and are situated on a level surface, said transmitter and receiver antennas have at least approximately the same emission characteristic, wherein the emission characteristic of the transmitter antennas can be different to that of the receiver antennas, received signals are acquired from different combinations of the transmitter and receiver antennas, in the signal processing means, the angular position in a spatial direction R is estimated for objects from said received signals, using the fact that the received signals from an individual object have

Abstract: The invention relates to a radar system for recording the environment of a motor vehicle, comprising: transmission means for emitting transmission signals using at least two transmitter antennas; receiving means for receiving transmission signals reflected by objects using one or more receiver antennas; and signal processing means for processing the received signals, characterized in that a phase center of at least one receiver antenna does not lie, with regard to a spatial direction R, outside phase centers of two transmitter antennas that are offset in said spatial direction, and in that the signals received by said antenna are separated according to the two portions originating from said two transmitter antennas.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radar system for recording the environment of a motor vehicle, comprising: transmission means for emitting transmission signals using at least two transmitter antennas; receiving means for receiving transmission signals reflected by objects using one or more receiver antennas; and signal processing means for processing the received signals, characterized in that received signals are acquired from different combinations of transmitter and receiver antennas, a relative phase centre, which is defined as the sum of the two vectors from a reference point to the phase centers of the respective transmitter and receiver antenna, being assigned to each combination; the transmitter and receiver antennas used in said combination have at least approximately the same emission characteristics and the emission characteristics of said transmitter antennas can be different from those of said receiver antennas; the position of the relative phase centers of said combinations of transmitter and r

Abstract: A method for detecting misalignment of a vehicle headlight using a camera system is specified. For this purpose, the headlight is in a predefined position and the camera system is arranged on or in the vehicle and is oriented in such a manner that the light distribution pattern of the headlight in front of the motor vehicle is detected. With a predefined headlight position, an actual light distribution pattern of the headlight is recorded using the camera system and is compared with a desired light distribution pattern for the predefined headlight position. If the actual light distribution pattern differs from the desired light distribution pattern, misalignment of the headlight is detected.