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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Guanglin MA, Wuppertal, DE;
Ing Su-birm Park, Aldenhoven, DE;
Alexander Ioffe, Bonn, DE;
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A method is set forth for the detection of an object, in particular in a road, in particular of a pedestrian, in the surroundings in the range of view of an optical sensor attached to a carrier such as in particular a vehicle, wherein, from the range of view of the optical sensor, a relevant spatial region disposed below the horizon is determined, a gray scale image is produced by means of the optical sensor which includes a relevant image region corresponding to the relevant spatial region, and a search for a possible object is only made in this relevant image region corresponding to the relevant spatial region disposed below the horizon for the detection of the object.