Method of object classification, environmental sensor, and vehicle

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for object classification for an ego vehicle (1), comprising an environmental sensor for environmental detection, in particular a radar sensor (2, 9a-9d), wherein the environmental sensor emits signals which are reflected at objects and received again by the environmental sensor in order to determine their speed, relative speed or distance, wherein the signals reflected at a target object are reflected at least once from the ego vehicle (1) back to the target object, these being received again by the environmental sensor as an ego mirror signal, and it is determined whether a received signal is an ego mirror signal or not, and a series of signals that comprises the signal reflected by the target object as well as at least one ego mirror signal is determined for a target object, and the reflectivity of the signals reflected by the target object and ego mirror signals is determined, wherein a change in the ascertained reflectivity within the signal series and/or the number of received mirror measurements is used to classify the target objects.

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