Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh

Markus Heimberger

Heinrich Gotzig

Michael Hallek

Jean-Francois Bariant

Anton Lill

Stefanie Prinzhausen

Vsevolod Vovkushevsky

Oliver Grimm

Malte Joos

Dimitrios Tzempetzis

Anto Michael

Klaus Hoffsommer

Paul-David Rostocki

Thirumalai Kumarasamy Ayyappan

Roland Geiger

Jean Francois Bariant

Manuel Beck

Wael Guechai

Stefanie Sattler

Rolf Bensemann

Andreas Lägler

Mahmoud Shalaby

Charles Thin

Perikles Rammos

Fabian Fuchs

Axel Durbec

Llarina Lobo-Palacios

Ahmed Omar

A method for operating a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle driven in an at least partially automated manner includes learning a trajectory in a learning mode for driving the vehicle in a first automated manner along the trajectory. Subsequently, the vehicle is driven in the first automated manner along the learnt trajectory in an operating mode following the learning mode. While the vehicle is being driven along the trajectory in the operating mode, at least one transition from a private area to a public area is detected. Additional data, including current traffic data related to driving the vehicle in the public area, is acquired and provided for the driver assistance system. The motor vehicle is driven along the learnt trajectory in a second automated manner in the public area using the additional data.

Driver assistance system

A method for operating a driving assistance system of a motor vehicle includes manoeuvring the motor vehicle autonomously with a driving assistance system while a user with a mobile terminal is located outside the motor vehicle. The user performs, by the driving assistance system and during the manoeuvring, longitudinal guidance and transverse guidance of the motor vehicle. The driving assistance system is operated at a first automation level when communication between the driving assistance system and the mobile terminal is ensured. While the user activates the mobile terminal, the longitudinal guidance, and the transverse guidance in a predetermined fashion, a surrounding area of the motor vehicle is sensed, at the first automation level, by the driving assistance system, and in addition to the longitudinal guidance and the transverse guidance of the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle is then autonomously manoeuvred according to the sensed surrounding area.

Method for operating a driving assistance system of a motor vehicle with remote-controlled manoeuvring of the motor vehicle at different automation levels and driving assistance system

The invention relates to a method for operating a parking assistance device () of a motor vehicle (), comprising a) learning a parking trajectory () between an initial position () and a parked position () of the motor vehicle () by means of a computing unit () of the parking assistance device () in the case of parking which is controlled by a driver of the motor vehicle (); b) checking whether the learnt parking trajectory () runs over public land () or over private land () in at least one respective section (); c) driverless parking of the motor vehicle () along the parking trajectory () exclusively in a section () of the checked parking trajectory () which runs over private land (), in order to increase safety during a parking process which is assisted or carried out by the parking assistance device ().

Parking assistance for a motor vehicle for parking on public and private land

A method for manoeuvring a motor vehicle into a parking space includes: determining a parking trajectory from a starting point to a destination point in the parking space, wherein the parking trajectory includes circular arcs, straight lines, and clothoids; manoeuvring the motor vehicle along the determined parking trajectory into the parking space; and determining an auxiliary trajectory with a plurality of sections from the starting point to the destination point. The auxiliary trajectory includes circular arcs and straight lines as the sections, a respective transition region is defined for neighbouring sections, and a clothoid is determined for the respective transition regions. The parking trajectory is determined from the auxiliary trajectory in which the respective transition regions are replaced by the clothoids.

Method for manoeuvring a motor vehicle into a parking space with determination of a parking trajectory, driver assistance system and motor vehicle

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

The invention relates to a method for assessing an affiliation of a sensing point () to an object in a surrounding area () of a motor vehicle (), in which the sensing point () is sensed using a first sensor device () of the motor vehicle (), and a fuzziness zone () characterizing a positional fuzziness of the sensing point () is formed around the sensing point (), wherein the assessment of the affiliation of the sensing point () to the object takes into consideration at least one position of a further sensing point () of the object, wherein an overall fuzziness zone () is formed on the basis of the fuzziness zone () of the sensing point (), and the affiliation of the sensing point () to the object is acknowledged if the sensing point () and the further sensing point () are situated in an area formed by the overall fuzziness zone (). The invention also relates to a driver assistance system () and a motor vehicle ().

Method for assessing an affiliation of a sensing point to an object in a surrounding area of motor vehicle, and driver assistance system

The invention relates to a method for identifying an object () in a surrounding region () of a motor vehicle () as a pedestrian (), in which the surrounding region () is captured in images (B) by means of at least one vehicle-side camera (), wherein a shadow () that is projected from the object () onto a ground () in the surrounding region () and a contrast pattern () that is formed on the ground () and depends on the shadow () are detected in at least one of the captured images (B) and the object () is identified on the basis of a comparison of the contrast pattern () that was formed with a predetermined contrast pattern that characterizes a pedestrian (). The invention moreover relates to a driver assistance system () and a motor vehicle ().

Method for identifying an object in a surrounding region of a motor vehicle, driver assistance system and motor vehicle

A method using a parking assistance apparatus of a motor vehicle with trailer includes: producing, respectively by first and second camera units, a first image of surroundings of the vehicle on which the trailer is portrayed, and a second image of surroundings of the trailer, the first and second camera units being arranged on the vehicle and the trailer, respectively; producing a combined view of the surroundings from the first and second images, wherein an area of the first image occupied by the trailer overlays with a piece of the second image, so the trailer in the combined view has areas depicted transparently in front of surroundings in the second image; displaying the combined view with a desired travel trajectory for the trailer overlaid on the view; selecting a profile for the desired trajectory; starting a parking process in which the trailer is automatically kept on the desired trajectory.

Method for operating a parking assistance apparatus of a motor vehicle with a combined view comprising a transparent trailer and surroundings

The invention relates to a method for using a driver assistance device of a motor vehicle () to detect a mark () made on a ground () by providing a two-dimensional image by means of an imaging sensor () of the driver assistance device (); by identifying a potential mark (&#x2033;) on the basis of the two-dimensional image (); and by performing a distance measurement by means of a distance sensor () of the driver assistance device and also taking a result () of the distance measurement as a basis for determining whether the potential mark (&#x2033;) is the mark () made on the ground () or a mark () on an object () that is on the ground ().

Method for detecting a mark made on a ground, driver assistance device and motor vehicle

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

The invention relates to a method for generating a surroundings map () of a surrounding area () of a motor vehicle () in which an object in the surrounding area () is detected by means of a sensor device () of the motor vehicle (), a position value (P) that describes a position of the object is determined on the basis of sensor data of the sensor device () by means of a control device () of the motor vehicle () and the determined position value (P) is transferred into the surroundings map (), wherein a vector (v') between the object and a predetermined reference point () of the motor vehicle () that forms an origin (&#x2032;) of a vehicle coordinate system () is determined, the determined vector (v&#x2032;) is transformed from the vehicle coordinate system () into a global coordinate system () of the surroundings map () and the position value (P) in the surroundings map () is determined on the basis of the transformed vector (v).

Method for generating a surroundings map of a surrounding area of a motor vehicle, driver assistance system and motor vehicle

The invention relates to a method for warning a driver of a motor vehicle () about the presence of an object () in the surroundings () of the motor vehicle () by means of a driver assistance system (), in which a position of the object () is determined by means of a sensor device (), an anticipated driving tube () of the motor vehicle () is determined, a collision distance (DTC), which describes a distance between the motor vehicle () and the object () when the motor vehicle () moves within the determined driving tube (), is determined on the basis of the determined position of the object () and the determined driving tube (), a minimum distance (SD) between the motor vehicle () and the object () is determined, and a warning signal is output if the value of the minimum distance (SD) undershoots a predetermined limiting value, wherein the determined value of the minimum distance is adapted as a function of the determined collision distance (DTC).

Method for warning a driver of a vehicle of the presence of an object in the surroundings, driver assistance system and motor vehicle

The invention relates to a method for performing an at least semi-autonomous parking process of a motor vehicle () in a garage (), wherein the garage () is detected and a current position of the motor vehicle () relative to the garage () is determined by means of a parking assistance system () of the motor vehicle (), and wherein following detection of the garage () the at least semi-autonomous parking process is carried out depending on the current position of the motor vehicle () relative to the garage (), wherein an image of the garage () is recorded by means of a camera () of the parking assistance system () and the detection of the garage () comprises subjecting the image to pattern recognition regarding the garage entrance () by means of an image processor () of the parking assistance system () and identifying the garage () by means of the pattern recognition.

Method for performing an at least semi-autonomous parking process of a motor vehicle in a garage, parking assistance system and motor vehicle

A method for operating an ultrasonic system having a multiplicity of ultrasonic sensors is disclosed. The sensors are arranged distributed on a motor vehicle and are actuated in measuring cycles for the emission of an ultrasonic signal, where the measuring cycles are repeated. An object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle is detected by a detection device, different from the ultrasonic system, of the motor vehicle, and a relative position of the object relative to the motor vehicle is determined. The number of ultrasonic sensors which are actuated within one measuring cycle is then defined as a function of the current relative position.

Method for the improved actuation of ultrasonic sensors, driver assistance device and motor vehicle

A method for operating an environmental recognition system of a vehicle, in particular, a proximate region recognition or parking assistance system, comprising sensors for detecting objects proximate the vehicle, wherein, during operation of the system, an object located in the detecting area of the sensors is recognized and the separation and/or the position of the object relative to the vehicle are determined. When disturbing signals occur and are recognized, a change of the separation and/or the position of the vehicle relative to the object are determined by information detected by other vehicle systems. A system for operating such a method is also disclosed.

Method for operating an environmental recognition system of a vehicle, in particular, a proximate region recognition or parking assistance system and associated system

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Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany

Markus Heimberger