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Method for improving a detection of at least one object in surroundings of a motor vehicle by way of an indirect measurement by sensors, controller, driver assistance system, and motor vehicle

  • US 10,564,282 B2
  • Filed: 08/05/2016
  • Issued: 02/18/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for detecting at least one object in surroundings of a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

  • actuating a first sensor to emit a sensor signal;

    receiving sensor data from a second sensor, which describe the sensor signal reflected from the at least one object;

    generating a fuzzy feature from the sensor data as an object feature for describing the at least one object, wherein the fuzzy feature describes a distance between the at least one object and the first sensor and a distance between the at least one object and the second sensor, wherein the fuzzy feature is described as an ellipse;

    generating a further object feature, which describes the at least one object on the basis of sensor data of at least one further measurement of the first and/or the second sensor; and

    transferring the further object feature and the fuzzy feature into a common coordinate system;

    determining, based on an innovation function that describes a similarity between the fuzzy feature and the further object feature, that the fuzzy feature and the further object feature are associated with a single object of the at least one object; and

    generating, in response to said determining, a merged object feature from the fuzzy feature and the further object feature, wherein the merged object feature improves reliability of detecting the at least one object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle.

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