Robert Boschgmbh

Christian Danz

Werner Uhler

Dirk Schmid

Michael Seiter

Petko Faber

Jens Schick

Martin Noll

Philipp Lehner

Wei-Chia Lee

Martin Hueppauff

Christoph Gauger

Jie Ge

Wolfgang Branz

Jan Egelhaaf

Gunther Schaaf

Jorge Sans Sangorrin

Stefan Hillenbrand

Benno Albrecht

Benjamin Steiner

Hans-Peter Grabsch

Markus Rossmeier

Markus Roßmeier

A method for monitoring a vehicle's surrounding region, includes reading in a distance image pertaining to the surrounding region, the distance image including distance values representing the result of a multiplicity of distance measurements, which are performed with a sensor for stereo image recording based on a method for calculating a stereo disparity map concerning the surrounding region sensed by the sensor. In a selecting, a cut-away portion from the distance image is selected, and in a detecting, an obstacle located in the surrounding region is detected using the distance values included in the cut-away portion. In an ascertaining, a number of relevant distance values is ascertained, which represent distance values included in the cut-away portion that are allocatable to the obstacle. In an ascertaining, a value of an existence measure for the existence of the obstacle is determined, based on the number and quality of relevant distance values.

Method and device for monitoring a surrounding region of a vehicle, and method for implementing emergency braking

In a method for detecting a collision between a vehicle and an object using a mobile user terminal which is able to be coupled to the vehicle, a user terminal signal for detecting the object is read in, which user terminal signal represents a signal which is provided by an image sensor of the user terminal; a driving state signal is read in to detect a driving state of the vehicle, which driving state signal represents a measured variable output by a vehicle sensor via an interface between the user terminal and the vehicle and/or output by an acceleration sensor of the user terminal; and a collision signal is ascertained to indicate an imminent collision between the vehicle and the object, based on the user terminal signal and the driving state signal.

Method and device for detecting a collision between a vehicle and an object using a mobile user terminal which is able to be coupled to the vehicle

A communication device for a vehicle is described, having a recording apparatus for recording the surroundings of the vehicle and a signaling apparatus. Also included is a controller for controlling the signaling apparatus as a function of the recorded surroundings. The signaling apparatus sends a recording signal formed corresponding to the recorded surroundings, to the surroundings. Also described is a corresponding communication method, a corresponding computer program, a corresponding vehicle, and a corresponding communication system.

Communication device and communication method for a vehicle

A method and a device for the assisted parking of a motor vehicle into a parking space are provided. The method comprises the following method steps: approaching the parking space; measuring the parking space using sensors situated on the motor vehicle; calculating a setpoint parking path and indicating the setpoint parking path on a display; indicating the actual parking path on the display such that the actual parking path may be adapted to the setpoint parking path.

Method and device for the assisted parking of a motor vehicle

In a parking apparatus for a vehicle, a parking space is measured and a parking trajectory into the parking space is determined by using this apparatus. A driving space for the vehicle is captured by a camera, both the parking trajectory and a turning point situated on the parking trajectory being superimposed on the camera image.

Parking apparatus

For an ultrasonic sensor at least one sensitivity parameter or sensitivity characteristics curve may be adjusted as a function of the air humidity and/or temperature in such a way that a predefined range or a range section may be reliably reached. Such a sensor makes it possible to reliably detect curbs, and to locate parking spaces, including curb detection under varying weather conditions.

Ultrasonic sensor

A method and a device for detecting objects in the blind spot of a vehicle are provided, which make it possible, through an adaptively decreased measuring time, to achieve a shorter response time for alerting a driver in the event of an imminent collision with an object in the blind spot. Due to the fact that the frequency and/or the width of a measuring signal is/are set as a function of the previously determined distance between the vehicle and the object, it is possible to increase the sampling rate proportional to the decrease in the distance between the vehicle and the object. This makes it possible to detect the closest object more rapidly, i.e., for the most relevant object for a potential collision to be evaluated, thereby generating an adequately early collision alert. The frequency of a measuring signal is preferably set reciprocally proportional to the determined distance between the vehicle and the object.

Method and device for detecting objects in the surroundings of a vehicle

A parking aid for a vehicle used for detecting parking spaces as the vehicle travels past the parking spaces. Properties of the parking spaces are stored in a memory and information on the parking spaces is output in an output unit.

Parking aid

The present invention relates to a method and a device for determining the size and position of a parking space in relation to the position of a vehicle while the vehicle is driving past the parking space, the parking space extending longitudinally to the traffic lane and transversely to the traffic lane. It is the objective of the present invention to provide an ultrasound-based system for parking space measurement that operates more precisely than the known ultrasound-based systems for parking space measurement, even when passing the parking space at high speed and given high sensing depth of the parking space. Due to the fact that the width of the parking space is determined with the aid of a first ultrasonic sensor having a first sensitivity, and the depth of the parking space is detected with the aid of a second ultrasonic sensor having a second sensitivity, the sensitivity of the first ultrasonic sensor being lower than the sensitivity of the second ultrasonic sensor, it is possible to achieve higher accuracy in the parking space measurement.

Method and device for determining the size and position of a parking space

A device for detecting moving objects present in the blind spot of a vehicle, the device having at least one object detection sensor, which, when the vehicle is backed out of a parking space, detects the distance between objects moving at an angle to the vehicle and sends it to an evaluation unit, and the evaluation unit determines the relative velocity from the distance sent to it, and a warning device is switched on as a function of the distance, the relative velocity and the velocity of the driver's vehicle to notify the driver of the object moving at an angle to the driver's vehicle.

Device for detecting moving objects

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.

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