Abstract: A method for recognizing an object in a surround of a laser scanner by clustering scan points of the laser scanner is disclosed. The method includes using the laser scanner to create a multiplicity of successive scan points and using at least one computing unit to determine, in a manner dependent on the sequence, at least one cluster of scan points containing some of the multiplicity of successive scan points. Each scan point is characterized by an angle of incidence. A sequence of the multiplicity of successive scan points is defined by the angles of incidence.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a sensor arrangement (12) having a control unit (14) and a plurality of sensors (16) which are arranged in at least one group (18, 20), wherein the sensors (16) are connected to a common electrical supply, in particular via the control unit (14), comprising the steps of using the sensors (16) to emit sensor signals, wherein the sensors (16) in each group (18, 20) emit the sensor signals thereof in the particular group transmission phase thereof, receiving echo signals on the basis of reflections of the sensor signals, transmitting the received echo signals from the sensors (16) to the control unit (14), and identifying interference (38) in the received echo signals from the at least one group (18, 20) on the basis of a comparison of at least two of the received echo signals from the corresponding group (18, 20). The invention also relates to a corresponding sensor arrangement (12) for a vehicle (10) for operation according to the above method.

Abstract: A method for operating an ultrasonic sensor is disclosed. The ultrasonic sensor includes a membrane and an exciter element for exciting the membrane and for detecting a vibration of the membrane. The method includes obtaining calibration data from a storage unit storing the calibration data. The calibration data includes information about a first frequency response of the ultrasonic sensor in a sending direction depending on a membrane excitation frequency at different membrane temperatures and information about a second frequency response of the ultrasonic sensor in a receiving direction depending on a membrane vibration frequency at different temperatures. The method also includes determining a current membrane temperature, determining a sensitivity of the ultrasonic sensor, and controlling an electric current provided to the exciter element and a gain of the ultrasonic sensor based on a difference between the determined sensitivity and a prestored sensitivity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measurement by means of an ultrasonic sensor system in an interfering environment, for example in a magnetic field, for a vehicle, the method comprising the following method steps: emitting, by means of an ultrasonic sensor system, ultrasound with at least one frequency range (100); receiving, by means of an ultrasonic sensor system, an echo (200) produced by the ultrasound; outputting, by means of an ultrasonic sensor system, a signal corresponding to the echo to a control system (300); detecting, by means of a detection system, noise of the signal (400); determining, by means of the control system, whether there is interference in the at least one frequency range, on the basis of the noise of the signal (500); and, if interference is determined, emitting, by means of the ultrasonic sensor system, ultrasound with at least one frequency range (600) for which no interference is determined.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a driver assistance system (110).

Abstract: A method for providing a digital sensor signal (DS) from an ultrasonic sensor (16) for signal transmission to a signal receiver (28) is disclosed, in which a digital output signal (OS) from the ultrasonic sensor (16) is processed to form the digital sensor signal for signal transmission. Provision is made for the processing to comprise the following steps: (i) determining a signal change (SC) of successive values of the output signal (OS), (ii) scaling this signal change (SC) by means of a variable scaling factor (SF) which is specified by a scaling scheme known to the ultrasonic sensor (16) and the signal receiver (28), and (iii) outputting the scaled signal change (SC) as the digital sensor signal (DS).

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 correcting a position of a vehicle when parking in a parking space. The method includes determining the position of the vehicle on the basis of odometry information, sensing ultrasonic signals from a linear object, carrying out a method for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) on the basis of the linear object and the ultrasonic signals, and correcting the position of the vehicle A control device for a driving support system of a vehicle is also disclosed, which is designed to receive odometry information of the vehicle, to receive ultrasonic signals from at least one ultrasonic sensor of the driving support system, and to carry out the aforementioned method. A driving support system for a vehicle with an aforementioned control device and with at least one ultrasonic sensor is disclosed. The invention likewise relates to a vehicle with an aforementioned driving support system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measurement by means of an ultrasonic sensor system in an interfering environment, for example in a magnetic field, for a vehicle, the method comprising the following method steps: emitting, by means of an ultrasonic sensor system, ultrasound with at least one frequency range (100); receiving, by means of an ultrasonic sensor system, an echo (200) produced by the ultrasound; outputting, by means of an ultrasonic sensor system, a signal corresponding to the echo to a control system (300); detecting, by means of a detection system, noise of the signal (400); determining, by means of the control system, whether there is interference in the at least one frequency range, on the basis of the noise of the signal (500); and, if interference is determined, emitting, by means of the ultrasonic sensor system, ultrasound with at least one frequency range (600) for which no interference is determined.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the classification of parking spaces in a surrounding region of a vehicle with a driver support system, wherein the vehicle comprises at least one first surroundings sensor and a second surroundings sensor, comprising the steps of receiving first sensor data out of the surrounding region by the driver support system from the at least one first surroundings sensor, recognizing a parking-space-like partial region of the surrounding region in the first sensor data, requesting second sensor data acquired by the at least one second surroundings sensor out of the parking-space-like partial region by the driver support system as soon as the parking-space-like partial region is recognized in the first sensor data, transmitting the requested second sensor data to a vehicle-side computing unit comprising a deep neural network (DNN), and classifying the parking-space-like partial region into categories with the DNN, wherein the categories comprise legal, parkable parking spaces and

Abstract: A method for manoeuvring a motor vehicle is disclosed. In the method, a trajectory for manoeuvring the motor vehicle is determined. During the manoeuvring of the motor vehicle along the trajectory, a notification distance, which describes a distance to a turning point of the trajectory, and a collision distance, which describes a distance to an object in a surrounding of the motor vehicle, are determined. Based on the notification distance and the collision distance, a distance to go until the actuation of a brake system of the motor vehicle is determined. Based on changes in the time curve of the notification distance, a corrected notification distance is determined in an ongoing manner. Based on changes in the time curve of the collision distance, a corrected collision distance is determined in an ongoing manner. The distance to go is determined based on the corrected notification distance and the corrected collision distance.

Abstract: A method for providing a digital sensor signal (DS) from an ultrasonic sensor (16) for signal transmission to a signal receiver (28) is disclosed, in which a digital output signal (OS) from the ultrasonic sensor (16) is processed to form the digital sensor signal for signal transmission. Provision is made for the processing to comprise the following steps: (i) determining a signal change (SC) of successive values of the output signal (OS), (ii) scaling this signal change (SC) by means of a variable scaling factor (SF) which is specified by a scaling scheme known to the ultrasonic sensor (16) and the signal receiver (28), and (iii) outputting the scaled signal change (SC) as the digital sensor signal (DS).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an ultrasonic sensor apparatus (3) for a motor vehicle (1), in which a diaphragm of a first ultrasonic sensor (4a) is excited to emit a first ultrasonic signal using a frequency-modulated first excitation signal (10a) and a diaphragm of a second ultrasonic sensor (4b) is excited to emit a second ultrasonic signal using a frequency-modulated second excitation signal, wherein the diaphragm of the first ultrasonic sensor (4a) and the diaphragm of the second ultrasonic sensor (4b) have the same resonant frequency (fR), wherein the first excitation signal (10a) comprises a first frequency range (fa) and the second excitation signal comprises a second frequency range (fb) that differs from the first frequency range (fa), wherein a temporal profile of a maximum amplitude (Am) of the first excitation signal (10a) and a temporal profile of a maximum amplitude (Am) of the second excitation signal are changed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for correcting a position of a vehicle (10), in particular when parking in a parking space (14), comprising the steps of: determining the position of the vehicle (10) on the basis of odometry information of the vehicle (10), sensing ultrasonic signals from a linear object (28), carrying out a method for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) on the basis of the linear object (28) and the ultrasonic signals, and correcting the position of the vehicle (10) on the basis of odometry information by the simultaneous localization and mapping on the basis of the linear object (28). The invention also relates to a control device (16) for a driving support system (12) of a vehicle (10) which is designed to receive odometry information of the vehicle (10), is also designed to receive ultrasonic signals from at least one ultrasonic sensor (18) of the driving support system (12), and is also designed to carry out the aforementioned method.

Abstract: A method for detecting an object in a surrounding region of a motor vehicle is disclosed. In each of a plurality of temporally sequential measurement cycles a raw signal is received, which describes an ultrasonic signal of an ultrasonic sensor reflected in the surrounding region, the raw signal is compared with a predetermined ground threshold value curve, and a signal component of the raw signal that is to be tracked which exceeds the ground threshold value curve is detected and assigned to the object, and the object is tracked in the measurement cycles on the basis of the detected signal component that is to be tracked, wherein to track the object after recognition of the signal component that is to be tracked, in the subsequent measurement cycles, signal peaks of the raw signal are detected, and an assignment to the object is checked for the detected signal peaks.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining movement information, in particular for a vehicle assistance system (20), with a first and a second surroundings sensor (22, 24), comprising the steps of determining a first key pose (16) of a first surroundings sensor (22) at a first reference time, wherein the first key pose (16) supplies a feature set of the surroundings of a position, determining a first feature set (18) with the first surroundings sensor (22) at a first reference time plus a first time difference relative to the first key pose (16), determining a second key pose (16) of a second surroundings sensor (24) at a second reference time, wherein the second key pose (16) supplies a feature set of the surroundings of a position, determining a second feature set (18) with the second surroundings sensor (24) at a second reference time plus a second time difference relative to the second key pose (16), determining a first relative change in position from the features of the first feature set (18) wit

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating a surroundings map (12) of a surroundings area (8) of a motor vehicle (1), in which method the surroundings area (8) is captured by way of at least one sensor, in particular ultrasound sensor (5, 6, 14, 15), on the motor vehicle, wherein capturing of the surroundings area (8) by way of the at least one sensor (5, 6, 14, 15) is performed at at least two different points in time (T1, T2), and in a manner dependent on said surroundings clearance situations detected in each case in a manner dependent on items of sensor information at the points in time (T1, T2), a decision is made as regards whether an object (11, 13) which is at least supposedly situated in the surroundings area (8) in at least one surroundings clearance situation is, upon an updating of the surroundings map (12), displayed on the then updated surroundings map (12). The invention also relates to a driver assistance system (2) and to a motor vehicle (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for assessing an affiliation of a sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) to an object in a surrounding area (7, 8) of a motor vehicle (1), in which the sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) is sensed using a first sensor device (4) of the motor vehicle (1), and a fuzziness zone (14, 15) characterizing a positional fuzziness of the sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) is formed around the sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20), wherein the assessment of the affiliation of the sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) to the object takes into consideration at least one position of a further sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) of the object, wherein an overall fuzziness zone (16) is formed on the basis of the fuzziness zone (14, 15) of the sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20), and the affiliation of the sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) to the object is acknowledged if the sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) and the further sensing point (12, 13, 19, 20) are situated in an area formed by the overall fuzziness zone (16).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting at least one object (3) in surroundings (4) of a motor vehicle (1), in which a first sensor (6) is actuated to emit a sensor signal, sensor data are received from a second sensor (6), which describe the sensor signal reflected from the at least one object (3), a fuzzy feature (xU) is determined from the sensor data as an object feature (xP, xL, xU) for describing the at least one object (3), wherein the fuzzy feature (xU) describes a distance between the at least one object (3) and the first sensor (6) and a distance between the at least one object and the second sensor (6), wherein the fuzzy feature (xU) is described as an ellipse (xE), a further object feature (xP, xL), which describes the at least one object (3), is determined on the basis of sensor data of at least one further measurement of the first and/or the second sensor (6), the further object feature (xP, xL) and the fuzzy feature (xU) are transferred using an innovation function (h) into a common sta

Abstract: A method is provided for providing information about an object sensed in a surrounding area of a motor vehicle, in which the surrounding area is sensed using a sensor device of the motor vehicle. Additionally, a piece of information is provided on a communication interface in the motor vehicle. A piece of height information for the object is stored as information in a sensor-device-end control unit and this information is provided on the communication interface connected to the sensor-device-end control unit for the purpose of transmission to and further processing with a further control unit of a processing device that comprises the two control units and that is configured to create a map of the surrounding area.