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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2022
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method and a device for determining concealed objects in a 3D point cloud representing an environment. The method includes: producing a 3D point cloud using an active sensor, wherein each point of the 3D point cloud represents a distance measurement by the active sensor; determining a background region within the 3D point cloud; determining shadows within the background region of the 3D point cloud, shadows being the regions within the background region at which there are no points of the 3D point cloud; and determining, in the environment of the sensor, an object which is concealed by crosstalk in the sensor, by identifying, in the background region of the 3D point cloud, at least one shadow which cannot be attributed to an object in the foreground of the 3D point cloud.