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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a sensor arrangement (2) in a motor vehicle (1), wherein the sensor arrangement (2) has a central unit (3) and a plurality of sensor units (S1, S2, S3), the central unit (3) and the sensor units (S1, S2, S3) are connected to a bus cable (4) and via the bus cable (4) a communication takes place between the central unit (3) and the sensor units (S1, S2, S3) with the following steps: alternately carrying out a power supply phase (E) and a communication phase (K), supplying the sensor units (S1, S2, S3) with energy in the power supply phase (E), repeatedly carrying out a communication cycle in the communication phase (K), having the following steps: sending a command (F1, F2, F3) from the central unit (3) to at least one sensor unit (S1, S2, S3), receiving a response (A1, A2, A3) of a sensor unit (S1, S2, S3) in the central unit (3), receiving a respective energy status information item (ES1, ES2, ES3) from all sensor units (S1, S2, S3) in the central unit (3) an

Abstract: A driver-assistance method for a motor vehicle of interest, in which the vehicle of interest detects the third-party vehicles which are present at an initial instant in its environment is disclosed. During a first prediction cycle, an order of priority is assigned to the third-party vehicles which are detected at the initial instant and to the vehicle of interest, corresponding to an order in which the vehicles in the set follow one another in the travel zone starting from a vehicle detected in a position which is furthest ahead of the vehicle of interest. For each selected vehicle in the set, taken in the order of priority, another vehicle in the set is identified which is able to be a primary target vehicle for this selected vehicle. A manoeuvre which is in progress for the selected vehicle is estimated on the basis at least of the identified primary target vehicle.

Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle by a parking assistance system in a following mode where the vehicle is driven along a trained trajectory or to initiate driving is disclosed. The method involves receiving the trained trajectory in a training mode in which a manually navigated trajectory is recorded as the trained trajectory. The trained trajectory has a strongly curved section, the radius of curvature of which is smaller than a radius that can be achieved with the vehicle with a maximum permissible steering lock predefined in the following mode. The method determines a starting point and an end point of the strongly curved section, ascertaining a substitute trajectory which connects a substitute starting point to a substitute end point. The substitute points are each on the trained trajectory and the strongly curved section is between the substitute points.

Abstract: According to a method for object recognition by an active optical sensor system (2), a detector unit (2b) detects light (3b) reflected off an object (4) and generates a sensor signal (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f) on the basis thereof. A computing unit (2c) ascertains a first pulse width (D1) defined by a predetermined first limit value (G1) for an amplitude of the sensor signal (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f) as well as a second pulse width (D2) defined by a predetermined second limit value (G2). The signal pulse is assigned to one of at least two categories according to at least one predefined signal pulse parameter, and a scatter plot for object recognition is generated, said scatter plot containing exactly one entry for the signal pulse, said entry corresponding to the first pulse width (D1) or to the second pulse width (D2) according to the category to which the signal pulse belongs.

Abstract: According to a method for object recognition by an active optical sensor system (2), a detector unit (2b) detects light (3b) reflected off an object (4) and generates a sensor signal (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f) on the basis thereof. A computing unit (2c) ascertains a first pulse width (D1) defined by a first limit value (G1) for the amplitude of the sensor signal (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f) as well as a second pulse width (D2) defined by a corresponding second limit value (G2). The computing unit (2c) ascertains at least one property of the object (4) according to the first pulse width (D1) and according to the second pulse width (D2).

Abstract: A method for determining at least one object information item of at least one target object (18) which is sensed with a radar system (12), in particular of a vehicle (10), a radar system (12) and a driver assistance system (20) are described. In the method, transmission signals (32a, 32b) are transmitted into a monitoring range (14) of the radar system (12) with at least one transmitter (26a, 26b). Echoes, which are reflected at the at least one target object (18), of the transmission signals (32a, 32b) are received as received signals (34a, 34b) with at least one receiver (30), and if necessary are converted into a form which can be used by an electronic control and/or evaluation device (28). The received signals (34a, 34b) are subjected to at least one multi-dimensional discrete Fourier transformation. At least one target signal is determined from the result of the at least one Fourier transformation. At least one object information item is determined from the at least one target signal.

Abstract: A method for the content capture of an environment of a vehicle is disclosed. The method uses an artificial intelligence neural network, on the basis of a point cloud generated by an environment sensor of the vehicle. The method involves performing reference measurements by the environment sensor to capture reference objects depending on positions in the environment in relation to the environment sensor, generating confidence values depending on positions in the environment in relation to the environment sensor on the basis of the reference measurements by the environment sensor to capture the reference objects, training the artificial intelligence for the content capture of the environment on the basis of training point clouds for the environment sensor, capturing the environment by the environment sensor to generate the point cloud, and processing the point cloud generated by the environment sensor using the trained artificial intelligence for the content capture of the environment.

Abstract: An emitting device (26) for a scanning optical detection system of a vehicle for monitoring at least one monitoring region (14) for objects is described, having at least one light source (40a, 40b) for generating at least one optical emission signal (32a, 32b) and having at least one diffraction unit (50a, 50b), which has a diffractive effect on the at least one emission signal (32a, 32b), for controlling at least one beam direction (66a, 66b) of the at least one emission signal (32a, 32b). At least one diffraction unit (50a, 50b) which is settable to set the beam directions (66a, 66b) associated with the respective signal paths (41a, 41b), is arranged in at least two different signal paths (41a, 41b) of one emission signal or various emission signals (32a, 32b).

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for confirming a perceived position of a traffic light, by obtaining identifiers and results of a first perception of traffic lights associated with the identifiers, the results of the first perception including a first estimation of an ellipse encompassing each of the traffic lights, receiving results of a second perception of traffic lights associated with the identifiers, the results of the second perception including a second estimation of an ellipse encompassing each of the traffic lights, calculating, based on the first perception and the second perception, association parameters for each possible pair of estimated ellipses, selecting, based on the calculated association parameters for each possible pair of estimated ellipses, matching pairs of estimated ellipses, and fusing each matching pair of estimated ellipses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a computing device (9) for a lidar sensor apparatus (2) for a motor vehicle (1), wherein the computing device (9) has a measurement data interface for receiving measurement data from the lidar sensor device and is configured to ascertain a distance (d) of the object (7) from the lidar sensor apparatus (2) using a time-of-flight measurement for the detected reflected light component (8) or using a phase difference measurement between the scanning light (5) and the detected reflected light component (8), wherein the computing device (9) has a data interface (10) and is configured to automatically utilize the time-of-flight measurement or the phase difference measurement for ascertaining the distance (d) in dependence on at least one driving situation parameter provided via the data interface (10) in order to improve a distance measurement that is to be performed by the lidar sensor apparatus (2).