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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2015
Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Michael Hallek, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for detecting at least one object () in a surrounding area () of a motor vehicle () by means of a driver assistance system (), in which a transmission signal is transmitted in each of chronologically consecutive measurement cycles via a distance sensor (), and a first and a second echo of the transmission signal reflected by the at least one object () are received; and, by means of a control device (), a first distance value (a) is determined based on the first echo, a second distance value (a) is determined based on the second echo, and a height of the at least one object () is determined based on the first and the second distance value (a, a); wherein the measurement cycles are carried out during a relative movement of the motor vehicle () with respect to the at least one object (); in at least two of the measurement cycles, a difference value is determined in each case, which describes a difference between the second distance value (a) and the first distance value (a); and the height of the at least one object () is determined based on a change in the respective difference value determined in the at least two measurement cycles.