Abstract: A lidar sensor for detecting an object in the surrounding area, and a method for activating the lidar sensor, the lidar sensor including: a light source for emitting electromagnetic radiation; a deflection mirror for deflecting the emitted electromagnetic radiation, as deflected emitted electromagnetic radiation, through at least one angle into the surrounding area; and an optical receiver for receiving electromagnetic radiation that has been reflected from the object. The optical receiver has an aperture region disposed on a main beam axis of the light source.

Abstract: An optical set-up for a LiDAR system for the optical detection of a field of view, in particular for an operating device, a vehicle or the like, in which an optical receiver system and an optical transmitter system are designed at least on the field of view side having essentially coaxial optical axes and have a common optical deflection system, and on the detector side an optical detector system is designed and has an arrangement for directing incident light—in particular from the field of view—directly via the optical deflection system onto a detector device.

Abstract: A micromirror scanner and a method for controlling a micromirror scanner. The method includes furnishing a shot pattern which has at least information regarding first control application signals as a function of mirror positions of a displaceable micromechanical mirror of the micromirror scanner, which are designated to control a light source of the scanner; determining a mirror position of the mirror; emitting light beams into a solid angle; measuring light beams reflected at an object in the solid angle to determine a distance between the object and the scanner; determining a nature or position of the object with respect to the scanner as a function of the determined distance and the determined current mirror position; and adapting the shot pattern as a function of the position and/or nature of the object.

Abstract: A rotation angle sensor system for an optical system that includes a rotor and a stator, includes a stator-based coil system having an inductance and for generating and transmitting a magnetic alternating field, and a rotor-based target that functions as an eddy current element for receiving the magnetic alternating field and generating a magnetic eddy current field. The coil system and the target are mounted or mountable fixedly, with respect to rotation, on the stator and the rotor, respectively, in such a way that different overlaps and/or spatial proximities between the coil system and the target, with correspondingly different effects on the magnetic alternating field of the coil system, result as a function of the rotation angle and/or of the orientation between the stator and the rotor.

Abstract: A lidar scanning device for use in a motor vehicle includes a lidar sensor having a predefined scanning field, the lidar sensor being configured for determining the distance of an object within the scanning field, and a pivot device for varying an alignment of the scanning field of the lidar sensor as a function of a driving direction of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A deflection device for a Lidar sensor includes an optical main element and at least one optical placement element. The deflection device is configured to illuminate, in a defined manner, a field of view of the Lidar sensor. A defined number of image points of the field of view can be placed in a defined manner by the at least one optical placement element.

Abstract: A scanning device includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a rotor that is configured to be mounted in a rotatable manner about an axis of rotation. The transmitter is configured to at least occasionally emit electromagnetic radiation, and the receiver is configured to sense at least part of the electromagnetic radiation reflected and/or scattered by an object. The transmitter and the receiver are arranged on the rotor in an at least partially axially overlapping manner based on the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A LIDAR sensor for detecting an object within a sampling space includes a detector element facing away from the sampling space; a sampling unit that includes a magnetic channel, a guide element, and a movable component situated within the magnetic channel and moved along the guide element under a control using a linear drive; and a refractive element that is situated on the movable component and that faces the sampling space.

Abstract: A LIDAR sensor for detecting an object within a sampling space, includes a sampling unit that includes a magnetic channel, a guide element, and a movable component that is situated within the magnetic channel and is movable along the guide element under control of a control method that uses a linear drive.

Abstract: A sensor array including at least two image sensors situated one above the other in layers, including at least one organic semiconductor, and subdivided into pixels. The at least two image sensors are different in the size of their pixels.

Abstract: A sensor array including at least two image sensors situated one above the other in layers, including at least one organic semiconductor, and subdivided into pixels. The at least two image sensors are different in the size of their pixels.

Abstract: A method for determining the position of a vehicle, including sensing of multiple objects in a surround field of the vehicle, detecting a sequence of the multiple sensed objects in a digital map and determining a position of the vehicle in the digital map based on a position of the detected sequence in the digital map. An apparatus for determining the position of a vehicle, as well as to a computer program are also described.

Abstract: A micromirror scanner and a method for controlling a micromirror scanner. The method includes furnishing a shot pattern which has at least information regarding first control application signals as a function of mirror positions of a displaceable micromechanical mirror of the micromirror scanner, which are designated to control a light source of the scanner; determining a mirror position of the mirror; emitting light beams into a solid angle; measuring light beams reflected at an object in the solid angle to determine a distance between the object and the scanner; determining a nature or position of the object with respect to the scanner as a function of the determined distance and the determined current mirror position; and adapting the shot pattern as a function of the position and/or nature of the object.

Abstract: In a method for determining at least one trafficable area in the surroundings of a motor vehicle relevant for vehicle guidance, e.g., for ascertaining an evasion trajectory for a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle, at least one object detection sensor of the vehicle detects objects or obstacles in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, and the chronological sequence of occupancy information of the at least one object detection sensor of the motor vehicle regarding at least one detected object is taken into consideration.

Abstract: A method and a device for operating a sensor system are described, a processing unit being connected to at least one sensor of the sensor system via communication connections and the processing unit transmitting data, which represent the at least one sensing range and/or detection area of the sensor, and/or control data to control the mode of the sensor, to at least one of the sensors.

Abstract: In a method for checking the plausibility of objects in driver assistance systems for motor vehicles is described, two measured variables are derived from position data from two object position-finding systems of the vehicle that operate independently of one another, for an object located by the two position-finding systems, one variable for each position-finding system, these variables representing one and the same physical parameter, and the two measured variables are then checked for consistency, which is characterized by the fact that the parameter is the time to collision of the vehicle with the object, which is calculated in advance.

Abstract: A method and a device for operating a sensor system are described, a processing unit being connected to at least one sensor of the sensor system via communication connections and the processing unit transmitting data, which represent the at least one sensing range and/or detection area of the sensor, and/or control data to control the mode of the sensor, to at least one of the sensors.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a model travel path based on the coordinates of points of objects reproducing a travel path, especially defining an object path, in an at least approximate manner, obtained by means of at least one opto-electronic sensor, especially a laser scanner. In a first step, a local area and a remote area are defined within the sight field of the sensor. In a second step, values of position parameters are determined from the object point coordinates in the local area enabling the breadth of model travel path to be determined along with the position of at least one model travel path edge in relation to the sensor. In a third step, course parameter values are determined from the object point coordinates in the local area with the aid of said position parameters in order to ascertain the course of said model travel path.