Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the distance of an object (10) by means of a polarization-modulated transmission light beam (LS), wherein the transmission light beam (LS) reflected at the object (10) is received as reception light beam (LE) by a polarization analyzer and the output signal thereof is fed to an evaluation unit (A) for determining the distance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a procedure for measuring distance between a distance sensor (5), which is carried, in particular, by one vehicle, and an object (2) by emitting electromagnetic impulse signals (6) and by receiving signals (7), which are reflected by the object, and for subsequently determining the signal propagation time, and relates to a device suited for carrying out this procedure. Pulses (10) received after having been reflected by the object (2) are discretised and added together, after which the mean value is formed, and in different embodiments of the pressure, the received pulses are superimposed with a modulation signal (18). Ursprünglicher Text Vorschlag der Übersetzerin . . . method . . . procedure (entspricht dem Original besser) . . . electromagnetic pulse signal . . . electromagnetic impulse (6) signal (6) - entspricht mehr dem Deutschen, der zwischen Puls“ und Impuls“ unterscheidet. . . . added up . . .