Abstract: A method for parking a vehicle in which distances of the vehicle from obstacles as well as the length and/or width of a parking space are determined. Sensors are used for parking space determination as well as distance measurement in this context.

Abstract: A device and method for regulating the speed of a vehicle during maneuvering/parking of the vehicle. The device may comprise a detection device for detecting objects within the surrounding area of the vehicle and for recording the distance to an object lying closest in the travel direction of the vehicle; a regulator for regulating the speed of the vehicle as a function of the position of an actuating device and of the distance to the most proximate object in the movement direction of the vehicle according to a predefined speed/distance relation; and a control device for automatically controlling a braking element and a driving device of the vehicle as a function of a corresponding output signal of the regulator.

Abstract: A speed control for motor vehicles having an input device for the input of a desired speed by the driver, and having a plurality of operating modes which are able to be activated in different speed ranges and differ in their functional scope. A decision unit is provided which automatically undertakes the switchover of the operating mode in the light of the actual speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: A device for the longitudinal guidance of a motor vehicle, having a speed sensor for measuring the driving speed of the vehicle; a distance sensor for measuring the distance to an obstacle possibly located in front of the vehicle; and a controller, which intervenes in the drive and brake system of the vehicle and regulates the driving speed, possibly as a function of the distance to the obstacle, in a closed-loop control circuit if the vehicle speed is above a certain limit speed, characterized by a control device, which intervenes in the drive and brake system in a controlling manner at driving speeds below the limit speed.

Abstract: A method and a device for triggering and implementing a deceleration of a vehicle to avoid a collision, in which, using a device for adaptive cruise control, objects in the sensor detection range are detected and measured variables are determined for each detected object. The detected objects are assigned to various object classes on the basis of the determined, associated measured variables, and the movement trajectories of the objects are predicted on the basis of the assignment of the detected objects to the particular class. Furthermore, a collision risk and an injury risk are determined from these predicted movement trajectories of the objects and the associated, detected object classes. In the event of the existence of preselected combinations of collision risks and injury risks, the deceleration devices of the vehicle are activated as a function of the degree of the collision risk.

Abstract: A driver assistance system for a motor vehicle has at least one sensor for measuring the distance of the vehicle from an object and a control unit for activating functional groups of the motor vehicle as a function of the measuring result of the sensor. The control unit may be switched between a park-distance control operating mode and a pre-crash operating mode as a function of the speed of the vehicle. A switchover between a cruise-control operating mode and the pre-crash operating mode is dependent on a movement of an object relative to the vehicle as ascertained by the sensor.

Abstract: A method and a device are described for determining a future travel-path area of a first vehicle, which is furnished with a distance sensor. In this context, using the distance sensor at pre-established or selectable time points, at least relative positions are determined of at least one vehicle traveling ahead with respect to the first vehicle. At least these determined relative positions are stored in at least one storage device. These relative positions, stored in the storage device, constitute in each case a course path of the corresponding vehicle traveling ahead. The future travel path area of the first vehicle is determined at least on the basis of the course path of the vehicle traveling ahead. The course path of the vehicle traveling ahead is projected in the direction of the position of the first vehicle.

Abstract: A method and a device are proposed for the exchange and the processing in common of object data between sensors and a processing unit, position data and/or speed data and/or additional object attributes (size, identification, markings) of sensor objects and fusion objects being transmitted and processed.

Abstract: A device for the longitudinal guidance of a motor vehicle, having a sensor device for the location of objects in the nearfield of the vehicle, a controller which generates a reference variable for a motion variable of the vehicle for the regulation of the vehicle's speed, as a function of the location data of the sensor device, and an actuator which has an effect on the motion variable as a function of the reference variable, wherein a mathematical model of the actuator is stored in a memory, which describes the dynamic behavior of the actuator, that is, it produces a relationship between an input variable supplied to the actuator and an output variable of the actuator; and a compensating element is provided to convert the reference variable, by way of the model, into the input variable in such a way that the dynamic behavior of the actuator is compensated for.

Abstract: A speed regulator for motor vehicles, including a standard mode in which the speed is regulated to a desired speed set by the driver, and at least one exception mode in which the speed is regulated to a setpoint speed that may deviate from the desired speed, and a display device for displaying the desired speed. An auxiliary display is also provided that indicates that an exception mode is active.

Abstract: A speed controller for motor vehicles having an input device for the input of a desired speed Vset by the driver, and having a plurality of operating modes which are able to be activated in different speed ranges and differ in their functional scope. A change in the operating mode, which results in the loss of a safety-relevant function, is provided or enabled by a command of the driver, characterized by a decision unit, which, in the light of predefined criteria, determines whether a change in the desired speed Vset, which is input by the driver, is to be interpreted as a command for changing the operating mode.

Abstract: A cruise controller is provided, which regulates the driving speed of the vehicle not only beyond a certain minimum speed but also at speeds below a preselected critical speed down to standstill of the vehicle. Detecting the traffic situation using a distance sensor allows the vehicle to be automatically started once the driver has responded to a corresponding starting instruction. The starting instruction is effective until a preselected time limit, but, alternatively may also be repeated. However, in any traffic situation, the driver may override the cruise controller by operating the accelerator pedal or the brake pedal.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for operating a radar sensor system with a number of adjacent individual sensors (3, 4, 5, 6), extensively synchronized with one another, for determining the position of a target object (15) are proposed. In one measurement cycle, the transit time of the radar signal emitted from one individual sensor and reflected by the target object to this individual sensor (3, 4, 5, 6) (direct echo (13, 14)) and to a different individual sensor (3, 4, 5, 6) (cross echo (16)) is evaluated. From the evaluation of the direct and cross echoes (13, 14, 16), at least the position of the target object (15) is determined, and a detection quality signal (Q) is ascertained, and once a predetermined amount of the detection quality signal (Q) is reached for a target object (15), a calibration is performed.

Abstract: The invention proposes a synchronization method and apparatus, wherein based on a measuring time (110, 210) and the value of at least one quantity of the at least one sensor object, the at least one sensor object is determined at at least one of the base times (tk−1, tk, tk+1).

Abstract: To provide a method of processing output or base signals (S), in particular intermediate frequency output or base signals, from at least one device, in particular at least one radar device, for determining a distance (d), in particular a small distance on the order of magnitude of approximately zero meters to approximately 7 meters, of an object, by which it is possible to obtain from the raw signals, i.e.

Abstract: A method and a device for detecting objects that has at least two near distance sensors installed on a vehicle. The at least two near distance sensors have detection ranges that overlap at least partially. The relative positions of possible detected objects with respect to the at least two near distance sensors are determined in the overlap area by the triangulation principle. Possible apparent objects obtained by determining the relative position of possible detected objects are identified using dynamic object monitoring.

Abstract: A method for controlling the speed of a vehicle is proposed, where, in the vehicle to be controlled, the yaw rate or rotation rate is measured, in particular to determine the curvature of the vehicle's own travel trajectory, and where, using a proximity sensor or position sensor, at least one vehicle traveling ahead or at least some other object within a sensor's sensing range is detected, particularly with regard to an offset from the travel course of the vehicle to be controlled. From the detection of one or of a plurality of objects, the curvature of the vehicle's own travel trajectory may be corrected with a view to a prediction of an expected curvature from the averaging of the positional changes ascertained at the plurality of the objects.

Abstract: A vehicle (1) is described, having at least one sensor (2) for detecting the vehicle environment (3) and having a motion-state actuator (50) for acting on the motion state of the vehicle (1), the motion-state actuator (50) being provided to act on the motion state of the vehicle (1) in the event of activation of the motion-state actuator (50), the information (10) detected by the sensor (2) being provided for activating the motion-state actuator (50) when it is intended for the vehicle (1) to turn off and traffic is obstructing such a turning-off action.

Abstract: A method and a device are described for controlling deceleration devices of a vehicle during a braking operation, in particular a vehicle which is equipped with a sensor for adaptive cruise control. During the braking operation, risk dimensions are determined on the basis of driving dynamics models, which are individualized by signals of the surrounding-field sensor system. A first risk dimension is precalculated for the case of continued deceleration and a second risk dimension is precalculated for the case of unbraked further movement of the vehicle. Through the comparison of the two risk dimensions, it is decided whether the automatic vehicle deceleration is to be maintained or whether the braking is to be canceled before the vehicle is brought to a standstill.

Abstract: A method and a device are proposed for predicting movement trajectories of a vehicle to prevent or reduce the consequences of an imminent collision, in which for predicting the movement trajectories, only those trajectories are considered for which, because of a combination of steering intervention and braking intervention, the forces occurring at the wheels of the vehicle are within the range corresponding to the maximum force transferable from the wheel to the road. Particularly for systems which provide an automatic braking and/or steering intervention for avoiding a collision or reducing the severity of a crash with another object, an automatic braking and/or steering intervention is carried out as a function of the pre-calculated movement trajectories.