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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christoph Roth, Tokyo, JP;
Alexander Waldmann, Regensburg, DE;
Reinhard Hamperl, Koefering, DE;
Thomas Stierle, Regensburg, DE;
Reinhard Roesl, Wenzenbach, DE;
Gerhard Mader, Thalmassing, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 3/00 ;
Abstract
In order to sense an object or a person in the interior of a vehicle, a laser emits a laser pulse. The laser pulse which is reflected at an object or a person is registered and evaluated. The energy content of a following laser pulse is determined based on a characteristic variable of the reflected laser pulse such as its power or its energy content.