SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR DETECTING OPERATOR GESTURES IN VEHICLES
First Claim
1. A sensor device for a motor vehicle, said sensor device comprising:
- a light source;
a detection device having an array of optical pixels; and
a control and evaluation device coupled to the light source and the detection device, said control and actuation device activating the light source to emit light pulses, activating the detection device to detect light from the light source, and evaluating signals of generated by the pixels of the detection device, wherein the control and evaluation device, the detection device, and the light source interact as a Time-of-Flight camera (ToF camera), allowing spatial range data to be detected, and the control and evaluation device has a plurality of activation schemes for different groups of pixels of the detection device, wherein in a first activation scheme (idle mode), the control and activation device activates and evaluates a subset of pixels as a first pixel group, wherein in a second activation scheme (active scheme), the control and activation device activates and evaluates a larger portion of pixels as a second pixel group, wherein depending on the results of the evaluation according to the first activation scheme, the control and evaluation device switches to activation according to the second activation scheme.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a sensor device (2) for a motor vehicle (1). The sensor device has a light source (10) and a detection device (20), said detection device is formed using an array of optical pixels. The light source (10) and the detection device (20) are coupled to a control and evaluation device (30) which activates the light source (10) to emit light pulses and activates the detection device to carry out the detection process. The control and evaluation device (30), the detection device (20) and the light source (10) interact as a time-of-flight camera (ToF camera), allowing spatial range data to be detected. The control and evaluation device (30) has multiple activation schemes for different groups of pixels of the detection device (20), a first activation scheme (idle mode) activating and evaluating a portion of pixels as a first pixel group and a second activation scheme (active scheme) activating and evaluating a larger portion of pixels as a second pixel group. Depending on the results of the evaluation according to the first activation scheme, the control and evaluation device switches to an activation according to the second activation scheme.
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1. A sensor device for a motor vehicle, said sensor device comprising:
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a light source; a detection device having an array of optical pixels; and a control and evaluation device coupled to the light source and the detection device, said control and actuation device activating the light source to emit light pulses, activating the detection device to detect light from the light source, and evaluating signals of generated by the pixels of the detection device, wherein the control and evaluation device, the detection device, and the light source interact as a Time-of-Flight camera (ToF camera), allowing spatial range data to be detected, and the control and evaluation device has a plurality of activation schemes for different groups of pixels of the detection device, wherein in a first activation scheme (idle mode), the control and activation device activates and evaluates a subset of pixels as a first pixel group, wherein in a second activation scheme (active scheme), the control and activation device activates and evaluates a larger portion of pixels as a second pixel group, wherein depending on the results of the evaluation according to the first activation scheme, the control and evaluation device switches to activation according to the second activation scheme. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of detecting gestures, said method comprising:
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emitting at least one light pulse from a light source; detecting a reflection of the at least one light pulse using an array of optical pixels detecting light, said at least one light pulse activating pixels of said array of optical pixels; generating signals corresponding to the reflection of the at least one light pulse detected by each activated pixel of the array of optical pixels; evaluating the signals of a subset of pixels as a first group in a first activation scheme (idle mode); depending on the results of the evaluation according to the first activation scheme, evaluating a larger portion of pixels as a second pixel group in a second activation scheme (active scheme). - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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