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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2008
Ulrich Klee, Leonberg, DE;
Wei-chia Lee, Leonberg, DE;
Ulrich Klee, Leonberg, DE;
Wei-Chia Lee, Leonberg, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A detection device of a motor vehicle having a functional unit for transmitting and receiving signals. The functional unit has at least one first and one additional functional element, the signal inputs of which are subject to a comparison to determine an associative signal occurrence, and if the signals are absent in one of the functional elements, a configuration of its transmission/reception range to a road surface to be detected is performed in such a way that the corresponding functional element is forced to received signal reflections if it is functioning. A corresponding method is also provided.