Control device and operating method for an ultrasonic sensor, ultrasonic sensor, set comprising control device and ultrasonic sensor and motor vehicle
AssigneeValeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
InventorsMichael Hallek, Fabian Haag
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Abstract
A control device for an ultrasonic sensor of a motor vehicle is disclosed herein. The control device includes a first unit configured to determine a sensor characteristic of the ultrasonic sensor during routine operation of the motor vehicle; a second unit configured to assess the determined sensor characteristic to the effect of whether an operating parameter of the ultrasonic sensor is to be adapted; and a third unit configured to adapt the operating parameter of the ultrasonic sensor on the basis of the determined sensor characteristic if the second unit assesses that the operating parameter is to be adapted.
Claims15
A control device for an ultrasonic sensor of a motor vehicle which comprises:
- a first unit configured to determine a sensor characteristic of the ultrasonic sensor during routine operation of the motor vehicle;
- a second unit configured to assess the determined sensor characteristic in order to establish whether an operating parameter of the ultrasonic sensor is to be adapted;
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- a third unit configured to adapt the operating parameter of the ultrasonic sensor based on the determined sensor characteristic if the second unit assesses that the operating parameter is to be adapted.
A method for operating an ultrasonic sensor of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- determining a sensor characteristic of the ultrasonic sensor during routine operation of the motor vehicle;
- assessing the determined sensor characteristic in order to establish whether an operating parameter of the ultrasonic sensor is to be adapted;
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- adapting the operating parameter of the ultrasonic sensor based on the determined sensor characteristic if it has been assessed that the operating parameter is to be adapted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.