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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Markus Heimberger, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Perikles Rammos, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Abstract
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 ().