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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2021
Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Nicolas Jecker, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Abstract
An ultrasonic measuring method involves activating an ultrasonic transceiver at a multiplicity of transmission/reception positions along a lateral direction to transmit a respective transmission signal in a transverse direction and receive a respective received signal waveform. Echo signals in the respective received signal waveform are identified and a set of reflection points are formed by trilaterating a respective reflection point multiple times based on two respective received signal waveforms and a respective echo signal from each of the two received signal waveforms. Multiple pairs made of a primary reflection point and a secondary reflection point are formed, identified on the basis of a position-based criterion as reflection points of a direct and/or indirect reflection from the same object section. An object height at one of the reflection points is characterized as high or low.