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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

May. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;

Inventors:

Luca Cautillo, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;

Joerg Schrepfer, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;

Marvin Simchen, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;

Assignee:

Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G01S 15/931 (2020.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/027 (2013.01); B60W 30/06 (2013.01); G01S 15/931 (2013.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); G01S 2015/932 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating an ultrasonic sensor device () for a motor vehicle (), with which an ultrasonic signal is emitted into a ground area () below the motor vehicle () and an ultrasonic signal from the ground area () is received and an object () in the ground area () is detected by means of a control unit () on the basis of the emitted and/or the received ultrasonic signals, wherein the ultrasonic signal is emitted by a first ultrasonic sensor () of the ultrasonic sensor device () and the ultrasonic signal emitted by the first ultrasonic sensor () and reflected at a road surface () in the ground area () is received by a second ultrasonic sensor () of the ultrasonic sensor device () and the object () is detected by the control unit () on the basis of a proportion of the ultrasonic signal that is received by the second ultrasonic sensor ().


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