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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2021
Daimler Truck Ag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Fridtjof Stein, Ostfildern, DE;
Daimler Truck AG, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Abstract
A method for measuring a distance between an object and an optical sensor by an illumination device and the optical sensor. A spatial position of a visible distance region in an observation region of the optical sensor is specified. A captured image of the visible distance region is captured by the optical sensor. A start image line and an end image line of the visible distance region are determined in the captured image. A base point image line is ascertained in the captured image as an image line with a shortest distance to the start image line in which the object can be detected. A distance from the object is ascertained by evaluating an image position of the base point image line relative to the start image line and the end image line while taking account of the spatial position of the visible distance region.