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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2016
Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Markus Heimberger, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Jean-Francois Bariant, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Axel Durbec, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Anto Michael, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Abstract
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.