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METHOD FOR OPERATING AT LEAST ONE SENSOR OF A VEHICLE AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE

  • US 20120150386A1
  • Filed: 12/09/2011
  • Published: 06/14/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for operating a first sensor of a vehicle traveling on a roadway, the first sensor configured to detect objects within a detection range and the method comprises:

  • determining a course of the roadway in a region of an instantaneous environment of the vehicle with map data stored in a storage apparatus;

    determining whether the roadway in a direction of travel of the vehicle has a bend based on the course of the roadway,adapting the first sensor in such a manner that the detection range of the first sensor in the region of the bend is aligned in a direction of the course of the bend if the bend is in the direction of travel of the vehicle.

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