Sensor Fusion in a Vehicle of Sensors Having Different Cycle Times

Abstract

A method for operating a motor vehicle sensor arrangement having a radar device and a further sensor device includes operating the radar device using a radar cycle and a set of emission signals within the radar cycle. After passage of a partial cycle of the radar cycle, partial information is processed. The partial information characterizes reception signals according to a subset of the set of emission signals corresponding to the partial cycle. After passage of the radar cycle, cycle information is processed. The cycle information characterizes reception signals according to the set of emission signals. The sensor device is operated using a sensor cycle. The radar cycle is shorter than the sensor cycle. After passage of the partial cycle, a close-range characterization is output on the basis of the partial information. At the end of the sensor cycle and/or a multiple of the sensor cycle, the cycle information is output.

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