Abstract: The invention relates to a method for localizing and enhancing a digital map through a motor vehicle. The method includes receiving a digital partial map representing an environment of the motor vehicle and capturing an image of the environment of the motor vehicle by a sensor arrangement of the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle is localized in the environment by comparing the received digital partial map with the image of the environment of the motor vehicle. The digital partial map is enhanced on the basis of the image of the environment, and the enhanced digital partial map and/or the image of the environment (U) is transmitted to a database for enhancing the digital map.

Abstract: A method for operating a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle driven in an at least partially automated manner includes learning a trajectory in a learning mode for driving the vehicle in a first automated manner along the trajectory. Subsequently, the vehicle is driven in the first automated manner along the learnt trajectory in an operating mode following the learning mode. While the vehicle is being driven along the trajectory in the operating mode, at least one transition from a private area to a public area is detected. Additional data, including current traffic data related to driving the vehicle in the public area, is acquired and provided for the driver assistance system. The motor vehicle is driven along the learnt trajectory in a second automated manner in the public area using the additional data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor assembly (10) for detecting rotation of a shaft about an axis of rotation (12), said sensor assembly having a housing (24) in which at least one magnetic field sensor (14) is arranged. The at least one magnetic field sensor (14) is designed to acquire a variation in a magnetic field generated by a magnet device (16) in the sensor assembly (10), which variation is associated with the rotation of the shaft about the axis of rotation (12). A shield device (30) arranged on the housing (24) is provided to shield the at least one magnetic field sensor (14) from the surroundings (28) of the sensor assembly (10). The shield device (30) can be removed from the housing (24), with the shield device (30) being retained on the housing (24) by means of a latching connection.

Abstract: An active sensor system (1) has a first and a second emitter unit (2, 2?), as well as a detector unit (3, 3?) and a computing unit (4). The emitter units (2, 2?) are configured to emit respective measurement signals into corresponding emission spatial regions (A1, A2). The detector unit (3, 3?) is configured to generate at least one detector signal on the basis of reflected portions of the measurement signals, and the computing unit (4) is configured to generate a measurement data set on the basis of the at least one detector signal. The computing unit (4) is configured to identify at least one section (T1, T1?, T2) that is shaded with respect to at least one of the emitter units (2, 2?). The computing unit (4) is configured to generate the measurement data set taking into account the section (T1, T1?, T2) and/or to generate correction data for correcting the measurement data set.

Abstract: (Camera, A-pillar arrangement having the camera and vehicle) Camera (3, 103, 203) for a vehicle (1), which camera is designed: to be mounted at least partially inside an A-pillar (7, 107, 207) of the vehicle (1), to record image data for an area in front of the vehicle (1), and to be arranged in the A-pillar (7, 107, 207) in such a way that a space (24, 124, 224) taken up by the camera (3, 103, 203) inside the A-pillar (7, 107, 207) has a smaller maximum dimension (A1, A3, A5) parallel to a line of sight (14, 114, 228) of the camera (3, 103, 203) than its maximum dimension (A2, A4, A6) parallel to a longitudinal direction (L) of the A-pillar (7, 107, 207).

Abstract: A torque sensor device for detecting a torque applied to a shaft is disclosed. The torque sensor device has a magnetic arrangement, a stator arrangement and a flux guide arrangement, wherein the flux guide arrangement has a first flux guide and a second flux guide, and the first flux guide and the second flux guide each have a first collection surface and each have at least one transmission surface. The second flux guide has a second collection surface which is magnetically conductively coupled to the at least one transmission surface of the second flux guide. The first flux guide and the second flux guide are arranged relative to one another such that, if the torque sensor device is surrounded by a magnetic interference field, a first interference flux component a second interference flux component at least partially cancel one another out.

Abstract: A method for determining an evasion trajectory for a vehicle to evade one or more objects is disclosed. The method involves recognizing a first object in a predicted trajectory of the vehicle, determining a lateral evasion distance left with respect to the first object, determining a lateral evasion distance right with respect to the first object, selecting the smaller one of the lateral evasion distance left and lateral evasion distance right as a first ideal lateral evasion distance, and determining a first ideal evasion trajectory on which the vehicle passes the object depending on the first ideal lateral evasion distance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor arrangement (12), in particular for use for a driving assistance system of a vehicle (10), having a plurality of ultrasonic sensors (14) which are arranged along at least a front (20) and/or a rear (22) of the vehicle (10), wherein the ultrasonic sensors (14) are divided into a group (26) of right-hand ultrasonic sensors (14) and a group (24) of left-hand ultrasonic sensors (14), and the sensor arrangement (12) has asymmetric operation in which the ultrasonic sensors (14) in one group (24, 26) of ultrasonic sensors (14) at least partially have a lower receiving sensitivity than corresponding ultrasonic sensors (14) in the other group (26, 24) of ultrasonic sensors (14). The invention also relates to a method for operating such a sensor arrangement (12).

Abstract: A method for operating a contactlessly operating detection device for monitoring at least one monitoring area is described. In the method, transmission signals are successively sent into at least one monitoring area. Transmitted signals which are reflected in the monitoring area are received with the detection device, brought into a form to be processed with an evaluation device, and processed as received signals. Some of the signals are allocated to at least one signal block. Information about the monitoring area is determined from some of the received signals. Some of the received signals that follow one another in time are allocated to at least one received signal block at the receiving end of the detection device, independent of any allocations of transmission signals at the transmitting end of the detection device. Some of the received signals of the received signal blocks are subjected to signal processing in blocks.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting objects in a first vehicle detection field (10a), which comprises an interior (12) and an outer region (14) of a vehicle (16), by means of a first sensor unit (18a) of the vehicle (16). The method comprises the following steps: Detecting an object in the outer region (14) of the first vehicle detection field (10a) with the first sensor unit (18a) as first detection data; detecting an object in the interior (12) of the first vehicle detection field (10a) with the first sensor unit (18a) as second detection data; and processing the first and second detection data in a computing unit. The invention also relates to a corresponding detection system.

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer having a piezoelectric element for use on a vehicle is disclosed. The transducer has a control and evaluation circuit for generating a control voltage for the piezoelectric element, which generates and emits an ultrasonic signal based on the control voltage, and for outputting an output signal on the basis of an echo signal received at the piezoelectric element. A gyrator circuit is included for providing a compensation inductance for adapting the control and evaluation circuit, for compensating for a parasitic connection capacitance of the piezoelectric element. The gyrator circuit has a variable compensation inductance. A method for compensating for an ultrasonic transducer having a piezoelectric element for adapting a reception sensitivity is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for providing visual information about at least part of an environment on a display device is disclosed. The method involves detecting a first vehicle travelling ahead by a sensor device, requesting and receiving the visual information about the environment, a view onto which is concealed partly by the first vehicle, capturing an image of a certain part of the environment including at least part of the first vehicle, and displaying the image of the certain part of the environment and the received visual information as a video stream embedded in the image on the display device. When it is determined that an object different from the first vehicle is present in the certain part of the environment and that the object cannot be driven over, the displaying of the visual information is modified so that the at least one object is clearly visible for a driver.

Abstract: Described are a mechanical scanning unit (32) of an optical transmission and receiving device of an optical detection apparatus of a vehicle, an optical transmission and receiving device, an optical detection apparatus, a driver assistance device and a vehicle. The scanning unit (32) comprises at least one first beam influencing device (42) for deflecting at least one light beam (38), which has been radiated into the scanning unit (32), in a first direction (y) and at least one second beam influencing device (44) for changing a beam propagation of the at least one light beam (38) in a second direction (z). The at least one second beam influencing device (44) is arranged in the beam path of the at least one light beam (38) downstream of the at least one first beam influencing device (42). The first direction (y) and the second direction (z) extend perpendicularly or at an angle with respect to one another.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an assistance system (2), in which an object (9) is detected and the object (9) is classified for further evaluation by means of an electronic computing device (5), wherein the classification is taken as a basis for predefining a first length (L) of the object (9), and wherein additionally the object (9) is captured by means of a camera (4), evaluated and classified and a second length (L) of the object (9) is determined and the classification and the second length (L) are transmitted to the electronic computing device (5), wherein the predefined first length (L) is adapted on the basis of the second length (L) to produce a current length (L) and a limited Kalman filter (7) is used to update the current length (L), the limitation of the Kalman filter (7) being predefined by the classification determined by means of the camera (4). The invention also relates to a computer program product, a computer-readable storage medium and an assistance system (2).

Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission device (22) of an optical detection device (12) for monitoring at least one monitoring region (14) for objects (18) using electromagnetic transmission signals (28). The invention also relates to a detection device (12), to a vehicle (10), and to a method for operating the optical detection device (12). The transmission device (22) comprises at least one signal source (32), by means of which electromagnetic transmission signals (28) can be generated, and at least one signal influencing device (34), by means of which the electromagnetic transmission signals (28) can be influenced. The at least one signal influencing device (34) has at least two different optical diffuser regions (40a, 40b, 40c, 40d) which are arranged adjacently to one another when viewed at least in a direction transverse to the optical axis (36) of the at least one signal source (32) and which have different scattering properties with respect to the electromagnetic transmission signals (28).

Abstract: A method for checking the positioning of an ultrasonic sensor installed in a mounting on the vehicle is disclosed. The method involves localizing a reference object in the detection region of the ultrasonic sensor, emitting at least one first ultrasonic pulse with a first ultrasonic frequency, receiving at least one first echo signal at the first ultrasonic frequency, emitting at least one second ultrasonic pulse with a second ultrasonic frequency, receiving at least one second echo signal at the second ultrasonic frequency, ascertaining the ratio of echo amplitudes of the reference object in the at least one first and second echo signal, and outputting an incorrect positioning of the ultrasonic sensor if the ratio of echo amplitudes in the reference object in the at least one first and second echo signal deviates from the ratio for a correct positioning of the ultrasonic sensor by at least one specified threshold.

Abstract: An operator control device for a vehicle, and a method for operating such an operator control device is disclosed. The operator control device is for controlling safety-relevant functions. To this end, the operator control device has at least one user interface having at least one user input panel for user input and a sensor system for identifying a user input in the area of the user input panel, wherein the sensor system has at least one capacitive sensor device having a first, electrically conductive sensor structure and a second, capacitive sensor device having a second, electrically conductive sensor structure, the sensor structures being arranged beneath the user interface in the area of the user input panel. The first sensor structure and the second sensor structure are each configured in comb-like and/or meanderous fashion and arranged in intermeshing fashion at least in a subarea of the user input panel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an ultrasonic sensor device (3) for a motor vehicle (1), with which an ultrasonic signal is emitted into a ground area (5) below the motor vehicle (1) and an ultrasonic signal from the ground area (5) is received and an object (6) in the ground area (5) is detected by means of a control unit (10) on the basis of the emitted and/or the received ultrasonic signals, wherein the ultrasonic signal is emitted by a first ultrasonic sensor (4a) of the ultrasonic sensor device (3) and the ultrasonic signal emitted by the first ultrasonic sensor (4a) and reflected at a road surface (9) in the ground area (5) is received by a second ultrasonic sensor (4b) of the ultrasonic sensor device (3) and the object (6) is detected by the control unit (10) on the basis of a proportion of the ultrasonic signal that is received by the second ultrasonic sensor (4b).

Abstract: A method for determining a replacement trajectory for a vehicle operated in an autonomous driving mode is disclosed. The method involves receiving a predefined trajectory with a first section and a second section that are linked to one another at a travel direction turning point, wherein a travel direction of the first section is different from that of the second section, receiving a sensor signal indicative of surroundings of the vehicle, detecting an obstacle in the surroundings on the basis of the received sensor signal, calculating at least one collision point on the predefined trajectory at which a collision occurs between the vehicle and the obstacle, and ascertaining the replacement trajectory based on the at least one calculated collision point. The replacement trajectory connects a starting point, located before the collision point, to an end point on the predefined trajectory, located after the collision point, while avoiding the collision.

Abstract: The method of preparing a navigation autonomy map for a vehicle covering a zone including path segments, comprising the following steps: identifying the path segments for which the map needs to be prepared; for each path segment, calculating a primary autonomy index in accordance with at least two distinct functions; and calculating for each path segment a final autonomy index by taking a weighted average of the primary autonomy indices. An autonomy map, an application of the autonomy map, and a vehicle using such an autonomy map.