Device for a motor vehicle
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAndreas Milark, Michael Rohlfs, Sven Chlosta
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Abstract
A device for a motor vehicle includes at least one distance sensor for recording a predominantly lateral clearance between the motor vehicle and objects, and a control device for controlling the distance sensor, the distance sensor emitting measuring signals during an activation time, and receiving measuring signal reflected by at least one object during a measurement receiving time. In the process, the measurement receiving time of the distance sensor is modifiable by the control device.
Claims8
A method of measuring a potential parking slot by a motor vehicle driving past the parking slot, comprising:
- modifying a measurement receiving time to measure a parking slot length;
- determining the length of the parking slot by a detection device in the motor vehicle;
- emitting measuring signals by a distance sensor during an activation time;
- and
- recording the measuring signals reflected by objects by the distance sensor during the measurement receiving time;
- wherein the measurement receiving time is an entire time duration between activation times of the emitted measuring signals.
A method of measuring a potential parking slot by a motor vehicle driving past the parking slot, comprising:
- modifying the measurement receiving time to measure a parking slot length;
- determining the length of the parking slot by the detection device in the motor vehicle;
- emitting measuring signals by the distance sensor during an activation time;
- and
- recording the measuring signals reflected by the objects by the distance sensor during the measurement receiving time;
- wherein the measurement receiving time is an entire time duration between activation times of the emitted measuring signals
- wherein the method is performed using a device including:
- at least one distance sensor configured to record a predominantly lateral clearance between the motor vehicle and the objects, the distance sensor configured to emit measurement signals during the activation time and to receive the measurement signal reflected by at least one object during a reception time;
- and
- a control device configured to control the distance sensor;
- wherein the measurement reception time of the distance sensor is modifiable by the control device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.