Method for detecting an environment of a vehicle
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1. A method for detecting an environment of a vehicle having a plurality of sensors, the sensors having different detection ranges, comprising:
- activating a plurality of signal lights to alert a driver of a presence of an object in a transition between two detection ranges;
bridging the transition of the object between two detection ranges by prediction by utilizing a handover algorithm; and
terminating the activation of the signal lights if the object does not enter a range of one of the sensors by a predicted time value.
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A method is used for detecting the environment of a vehicle and utilizes a number of sensors, the sensors having different detection ranges, and a transition of an object between two detection ranges is bridged by prediction by using a handover algorithm.
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1. A method for detecting an environment of a vehicle having a plurality of sensors, the sensors having different detection ranges, comprising:
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activating a plurality of signal lights to alert a driver of a presence of an object in a transition between two detection ranges; bridging the transition of the object between two detection ranges by prediction by utilizing a handover algorithm; and terminating the activation of the signal lights if the object does not enter a range of one of the sensors by a predicted time value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for detecting an environment of a vehicle, comprising:
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a plurality of sensors having different detection ranges; a plurality of signal lights; wherein the system is adapted to detect a transition of an object between two detection ranges and to activate the signal lights to alert a driver of a presence of the object in the transition, bridging of the transition occurring through prediction by using a handover algorithm, and wherein activation of the signal lights is terminated if the object does not enter a range of one of the sensors by a predicted time value. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a computer program, which is executable on a computing unit, the computer-readable storage medium comprising:
a program code arrangement having program code for detecting an environment of a vehicle by performing the following; activate a plurality of signal lights to alert a driver of a presence of an object in a transition between two detection ranges; bridge the transition of the object between two detection ranges by prediction by utilizing a handover algorithm; and terminate the activation of the signal lights if the object does not enter a range of one of the sensors by a predicted time value. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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