Arrangement and method for detecting objects from a motor vehicle
First Claim
1. A motor vehicle object-detecting arrangement comprising:
- at least one distance-sensing device for emitting radiation beams in different directions with respect to a central axis and for receiving object-reflected measuring beams;
an evaluation system for determining object direction and object distance from the received measuring beams;
a transmitter for providing information relating to the geometry of the road on which the vehicle is being driven; and
an appraisal arrangement which receives information from the evaluation system and from the transmitter and appraises the information from the evaluation system as a function of the road geometry, wherein information relating to detected objects is stored in the evaluation system resulting from appraisal of measuring beams reflected from the objects.
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Abstract
A motor vehicle object-detecting arrangement includes a distance controller having a distance-sensing device for emitting and receiving object-reflected measuring beams in different directions and having an evaluation unit. The measuring beams received by the distance-sensing device are appraised as a function of the geometry of the road on which the vehicle is being driven. For this purpose an appraisal device receives information from the distance sensing device and from a transmitter unit which supplies information on the road geometry of the road. The appraisal device appraises the measuring beams reflected from different directions as a function of the information on the road geometry.
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10 Claims
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1. A motor vehicle object-detecting arrangement comprising:
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at least one distance-sensing device for emitting radiation beams in different directions with respect to a central axis and for receiving object-reflected measuring beams; an evaluation system for determining object direction and object distance from the received measuring beams; a transmitter for providing information relating to the geometry of the road on which the vehicle is being driven; and an appraisal arrangement which receives information from the evaluation system and from the transmitter and appraises the information from the evaluation system as a function of the road geometry, wherein information relating to detected objects is stored in the evaluation system resulting from appraisal of measuring beams reflected from the objects. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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2. A method for detecting objects from a motor vehicle comprising:
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emitting measuring beams from a distance-sensing device in different directions with regard to a central beam; receiving measuring beams reflected from detected objects; evaluating the received measuring beams to determined an object direction and an object distance; and appraising the reflected measuring beams received by the distance-sensing device as a function of the geometry of the road on which the vehicle is being driven, wherein information relating to the appraisal of reflected measuring beams from detected objects is stored in an evaluation device.
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3. A method for detecting objects from a motor vehicle comprising:
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emitting a plurality of measuring beams from a distance-sensing device in different fixed directions with regard to a central beam; receiving a plurality of corresponding measuring beams reflected from detected objects; evaluating the received measuring beams to determine an object direction and an object distance; and appraising the reflected measuring beams received by the distance-sensing device as a function of stored information relating to the geometry of the road on which the vehicle is being driven including at least one of a road curvature, a road width and a lane width and rejecting information received from regions outside the geometry of the road. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A motor vehicle object-detecting arrangement comprising:
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at least one distance-sensing device for emitting a plurality of radiation beams in different fixed directions with respect to a central axis and for receiving a plurality of corresponding object-reflected measuring beams; an evaluation system for determining object direction and object distance from the received measuring beams; a transmitter for providing stored information relating to the geometry of the road on which the vehicle is being driven including at least one of a road curvature, a road width and a lane width; and an appraisal arrangement which receives information from the evaluation system and from the transmitter and appraises the information from the evaluation system as a function of the road geometry and rejects information received from regions outside the geometry of the road.
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