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Device for determining a distance of a motor vehicle from an object

  • US 6,446,998 B1
  • Filed: 12/20/1999
  • Issued: 09/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for determining a distance between a rear part of a motor vehicle and an object located behind the motor vehicle, comprising:

  • a sensor arrangement detecting a distance between at least one location at the rear part of the motor vehicle and a location at a side of the object facing the motor vehicle, the sensor arrangement providing sensor signals as a function of the detected distance; and

    an evaluation unit determining distance values as a function of the sensor signals, the evaluation unit including an arrangement ascertaining a periodic nature of the determined distance values.

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