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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2010
Christian Pampus, Leonberg, DE;
Werner Urban, Vaihingen/Enz, DE;
Meike Fehse, Ditzingen, DE;
Bjoern Herder, Stuttgart, DE;
Marco Knoblauch, Muehlacker, DE;
Soenke Seifarth, Weil der Stadt, DE;
Christian Pampus, Leonberg, DE;
Werner Urban, Vaihingen/Enz, DE;
Meike Fehse, Ditzingen, DE;
Bjoern Herder, Stuttgart, DE;
Marco Knoblauch, Muehlacker, DE;
Soenke Seifarth, Weil der Stadt, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for detecting objects having a low height, using a system for obstacle detection in vehicles, the system for obstacle detection including distance sensors for ascertaining the distance from objects and an arrangement for evaluation. The method includes performing the following: (a) continually recording the distance from an object using the distance sensors or recording the distance from an object at specified intervals, (b) checking whether the object continues to be recorded by the distance sensors when approaching the vehicle, in response to falling below a specified distance, or whether it vanishes from the detection range of the distance sensors, (c) detecting the object, which vanishes from the detection range of the distance sensors, as being an object of low height. Also described is a method for supporting a driver during a driving maneuver.