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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Patrick Heinemann, Winningen, DE;
Alexander Schanz, Stuttgart, DE;
Andreas Spieker, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/93 (2006.01); H01J 40/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for detecting an object in a motor vehicle environment uses a detection means which scans the environment at predetermined angular increments φi+−φi (i=1,2, . . ., N). When sensing a reflection signal of the object at an angle φi, the angular increments are refined in the angular range between the adjacent angles φi−1 and φi+1 as a function of signal propagation times ti−1, ti and ti+1 of the reflection signals sensed at the angles φi−1, φi and φi+1.