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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2020
Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Heinrich Gotzig, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Mohamed Elamir Mohamed, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating a distance sensor () of a vehicle (), in which method a plurality of successive measurement cycles are carried out in an operating mode, wherein, in each measurement cycle, a transmission signal is transmitted, a reception signal (Rxto Rx) is determined on the basis of the transmission signal reflected in a surrounding region () of the vehicle (), the object () is classified, and the transmission signal is selected from a plurality of predefined transmission signals in accordance with how the object () is classified, wherein the transmission signal is selected in accordance with an assignment rule determined in a learning mode, said assignment rule describing an assignment of the plurality of predefined transmission signals to classes of objects (), wherein, in each measurement cycle, the object () is classified on the basis of the reception signal (Rxto Rx) and the transmission signal is selected in accordance with how the object () is classified for subsequent measurement cycles.