Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh

Anto Michael

Markus Heimberger

Michael Hallek

Jean-Francois Bariant

Roland Geiger

Axel Durbec

Charles Thin

Sebastian Zuther

Jens Honer

Viktor Loewenstein

A method for providing a digital sensor signal (DS) from an ultrasonic sensor () for signal transmission to a signal receiver () is disclosed, in which a digital output signal (OS) from the ultrasonic sensor () 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 () and the signal receiver (), and (iii) outputting the scaled signal change (SC) as the digital sensor signal (DS). A corresponding apparatus () is disclosed for creating a digital sensor signal (DS) from an ultrasonic sensor () for signal transmission to a signal receiver (), to a corresponding ultrasonic sensor device with an ultrasonic sensor () and such an apparatus (), and to a corresponding ultrasonic sensor system ().

Method and apparatus for providing a digital sensor signal from an ultrasonic sensor

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.

Correcting a position of a vehicle with SLAM

The invention relates to a method for generating a surroundings map () of a surroundings area () of a motor vehicle (), in which method the surroundings area () is captured by way of at least one sensor, in particular ultrasound sensor (), on the motor vehicle, wherein capturing of the surroundings area () by way of the at least one sensor () is performed at at least two different points in time (T, T), 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 (T, T), a decision is made as regards whether an object () which is at least supposedly situated in the surroundings area () in at least one surroundings clearance situation is, upon an updating of the surroundings map (), displayed on the then updated surroundings map (). The invention also relates to a driver assistance system () and to a motor vehicle ().

Method for generating a surroundings map, and driver assistance system

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.

Method for providing height information for an object in a surrounding area of a motor vehicle on a communication interface sensor device, processing device and motor vehicle

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Anto Michael