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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Markus Heimberger, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Abstract
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 (″) 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 (″) is the mark () made on the ground () or a mark () on an object () that is on the ground ().