Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh

Stefan Goerner

Udo Haberland

Urs Luebbert

Christian Sturm

Roland Geiger

Markus Kohler

The invention relates to a method for classifying an object () in a lateral surrounding area () of a motor vehicle (), in which a signal is transmitted into the lateral surrounding area () by a sensor device () on-board the vehicle for monitoring the lateral surrounding area () and the signal reflected at the object () is received by said sensor device (), wherein a monitoring area (E) of the sensor device () for monitoring the lateral surrounding area () is segmented into a first detection area (E) and a second detection area (E), wherein a first value for a distance (A) from the object () to the motor vehicle () is defined on the basis of the signal received from the first detection area (E) and it is determined whether the object () is a stationary object located laterally in relation to the motor vehicle (), a second value for the distance (A) from the object () to the motor vehicle () is determined on the basis of the signal received from the second detection area (E) and it is defined on the basis of the first value and the second value for the distance (A) whether the object () defined as a stationary object is a stationary object longitudinally extended in a longitudinal direction (R) of the vehicle. The invention furthermore relates to a driver assistance system () and a motor vehicle ().

Method for classifying a longitudinally extended stationary object in a lateral surrounding area of a motor vehicle, driver assistance system and motor vehicle

A method for the output of a warning signal for warning the driver of a motor vehicle about the presence of a vehicle-external target object in a warning region, which is prescribed in relation to the motor vehicle, by means of a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle, in which a radar sensor is used to transmit electromagnetic radar signals into a sensing region of the radar sensor in each of successive measurement cycles of the radar sensor and to receive received signals, the received signals are used for detection of the target object by means of the radar sensor and for tracking said target object in the sensing region over the measurement cycles, and, if the target object enters the prescribed warning region, the warning signal is output by means of an output device.

Method for maintaining a warning signal in a motor vehicle on the basis of the presence of a target object in a warning region, in particular a blind spot region, corresponding driver assistance system, and motor vehicle

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Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany

Stefan Goerner