Iee International Electronics and Engineering S.a.

Mesa Imaging Ag

Adam Opel Ag

Guido Becker

Thierry Mousel

Laurent Lamesch

Thierry Oggier

Felix Lustenberger

Paul Schockmel

Marc Schmiz

Dirk Balzer

The invention relates to a seat-belt warning device comprising a device which detects a seat occupied by a passenger, a device which detects whether the seat-belt associated with a seat is being used, and a device which emits a warning signal. According to the invention, the device which detects seat occupancy by a passenger comprises an optical image-producing system comprising an image evaluation unit.

Seat-belt warning device

An apparatus in a motor vehicle for spatial detection of a scene inside and/or outside the motor vehicle has a LIDAR sensor, which is coupled to an electronic detection device, and an image sensor, which is connected to an image processing device for recording and evaluation of images of the scene. The detection device and the image processing device are coupled to a computer in order to determine spatial data of the scene.

Device for a motor vehicle used for the three-dimensional detection of a scene inside or outside said motor vehicle

The invention relates to a device for detecting and localising objects. The inventive device comprises a 3D camera for recording three-dimensional situation images of an area to be monitored; first means for evaluating the three-dimensional situation images using suitable object detection methods for determining an object in the area to be monitored and the position of the object in said area; a 2D camera for recording two-dimensional situation images of the region in the area to be monitored in which the position of the object has been determined; and second means for evaluating the two-dimensional situation images using suitable object detection methods for redetermining the object in the area to be monitored.

Safety device for a vehicle

The method serves for canceling errors caused by mismatch of different signal paths in a photodetector with a plurality (k) of storage elements for the photogenerated signals, as typically used in phase-measurement systems. The signal-capturing process is performed in at least two measurement cycles (j) . A first cycle (j=1) is executed with the conventional setup with no phase delay in the control signals. It is followed by further measurement cycles (j=2, 3, 4) which use control signals shifted by a constant phase shift (90&#xb0;). Corresponding signals are read out through different signal paths. At the end, the signals corresponding to a certain phase (&#x3a6;) are added, thus canceling possible offset values.

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Losheim am See, Germany

Guido Becker