| VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH Patent applications |
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| 20110237128 | PLUG CONNECTIONS ON RADAR SENSORS AND METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION - Plug connections are proposed on radar sensors having plug pins which are inserted into plastic, in which the plastic ( | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234449 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A RADAR MECHANISM AND PROCEDURE FOR THE OPERATION OF A RADAR MECHANISM - The invention relates to a motor vehicle with a radar device ( | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110211071 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING BRIGHTNESS VALUES IN SENSOR IMAGES OF IMAGE-EVALUATING ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEMS, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO DAY/NIGHT DISTINCTION - The invention proposes a method and an arrangement for evaluating sensor images of an image-evaluating environment recognition system on a carrier, in which, in order to distinguish the light conditions in the area of the image-evaluating environment recognition system with regard to day or night, at least the gain and/or the exposure time of the at least one image sensor detecting the environment is/are monitored, a profile of the gain and/or the exposure time against time with relatively high gain or relatively long exposure times characterizing night-time light conditions, and a profile of the gain and/or the exposure time with relatively low gain and/or relatively short exposure times characterizing daytime light conditions. The environment recognition system according to the invention can also be used to search the detected environment for bright objects, the headlights of another carrier being used as additional information, for example. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110181456 | MOTOR VEHICLE RADAR SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SPEEDS AND DISTANCES OF OBJECTS - Presented is a method for determining speeds (vr | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110168866 | ARRANGEMENT FOR FASTENING FUNCTIONAL UNITS IN A VEHICLE - An arrangement for fastening functional units in a vehicle is disclosed. The arrangement includes a carrier part arranged between a functional unit and the vehicle. The carrier part is designed in one piece and includes, on the side facing the vehicle, mechanical connecting elements which in each case are specific to the vehicle. On the opposing side facing the interior of the vehicle, the carrier part includes mechanical connecting elements adapted to the functional unit. A roof module is formed by the arrangement, which is attached approximately centrally in the transition region of the vehicle body to the front windscreen. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110148663 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING A PARKING PROCESS OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method and a device for assisting a parking process of a vehicle ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110115912 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ONLINE CALIBRATION OF A VIDEO SYSTEM - The present invention relates to video-based driver assistance systems being used in vehicles today to perform a variety of functions, such as lane or road departure warning. These functions often require that parts of the video image be identified as, for example, a traffic sign, a bridge, lane markings, etc. Particularly the present invention relates to a method and system for online calibration of a vehicle video system using vanishing points, evaluated from frames of a camera image contains identified markings or edges on a road. The vanishing points are located by finding or extrapolating at least at one left- and/or right-hand side markings or edges of a mad to a point of intersection, whereby a long term average vanishing point location is calculated with time-filtering methods from a sequence of images, even when only one side of a road or lane marking or an edge is visible in any given frame of an image at a time, and from the time-averaged vanishing point location coordinates, the static yaw and pitch angles of the camera are deduced. The present invention relates to also to a method to locate the vanishing points by finding or extrapolating the regularity of repeated road markings, such as dashed patterns and to a method to locate the vanishing point d by using the change in spatial frequency of textures on the surface ahead as an object to determine the camera pitch angle. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110109744 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING BRIGHTNESS VALUES IN SENSOR IMAGES OF IMAGE-EVALUATING ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a method and a system for evaluating sensor images of an image-evaluating adaptive cruise control system on a moving support, especially a vehicle ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109743 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING BRIGHTNESS VALUES IN SENSOR IMAGES OF IMAGE-EVALUATING ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEMS - A method and an arrangement for evaluating sensor images of an image-evaluating surroundings-detection system on a moved carrier, preferably a vehicle ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110093168 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PARKING ASSISTANCE FOR A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method and a device for assisting a parking process of a vehicle ( | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110087406 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE WHEN PARKING IN A PARKING SPACE - A method for assisting a driver of a vehicle ( | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110074955 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEATHER CONDITION DETECTION WITH IMAGE-BASED ROAD CHARACTERIZATION - The present invention relates to video-based driver assistance systems being used in vehicles today to perform a variety of functions, such as lane or road departure warning. These functions often require that parts of the video image be identified as, for example, a traffic sign, a bridge, lane markings, etc. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110054739 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE IN EXITING FROM A PARKING SPACE - A method is described for assisting a driver of a vehicle ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110043380 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WHEN PARKING A VEHICLE IN A PARKING SPACE - The invention describes a method for the operation of a driving assistance system when parking a vehicle ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043198 | ARRANGEMENT FOR DETECTING A ROTATION ANGLE - The invention relates to an arrangement for detecting rotation angles on a rotating component, having transducers and sensors, detecting a physical variable as digitally processable signals as a function of the rotation angle change of the rotating component. The rotating component has at least one satellite of a smaller circumference that is coupled at the circumference thereof and rotates by means of the rotation thereof, preferably having an angle sensor, which drives a likewise rotating hypocycloidal disc or hypocycloidal gear wheel via an axially coupled hypocycloidal gearbox, the circumferential speed of which can be geared down by the hypocycloidal gearbox such that a speed of the rotating component and the absolute wheel angle across multiple revolutions of the steering axle can be determined using a revolution sensor system. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20100265103 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PLANNING A PATH WHEN PARKING A VEHICLE - A method and a device for planning a path when parking a vehicle ( | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100229649 | ULTRASOUND SENSOR WITH MEMBRANE - The invention relates to an ultrasonic sensor ( | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100213793 | PROCESS FOR THE SURFACE TREATMENT OF ALUMINIUM AND A LAYERWISE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ALUMINIUM COMPONENT HAVING AN ELECTRIC CONTACT - The invention proposes a process for the surface treatment of aluminium in order to produce an electrical contact, and a corresponding component part, wherein an oxide layer on the aluminium surface is removed, for example by etching, in a first step and, in a second step, before an oxide layer is re-formed, the surface is sealed wet-chemically with a conversion layer having metal ions of zirconium or titanium. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100133410 | ARRANGEMENT FOR FASTENING FUNCTIONAL UNITS IN A VEHICLE - An arrangement for fastening functional units in a vehicle is disclosed. The arrangement includes a carrier part arranged between a functional unit and the vehicle. The carrier part is designed in one piece and includes, on the side facing the vehicle, mechanical connecting elements which in each case are specific to the vehicle. On the opposing side facing the interior of the vehicle, the carrier part includes mechanical connecting elements adapted to the functional unit. A roof module is formed by the arrangement, which is attached approximately centrally in the transition region of the vehicle body to the front windscreen. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100104139 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO-BASED ROAD LANE CURVATURE MEASUREMENT - A method and system for video-based road lane curvature measurement is provided. An image processing system receives roadway scene images from a vehicle-mounted video camera to measure road curvature. Road boundary indicators, such as lane markings, are used for identifying the road boundaries. The road curvature is approximated using a relation between the slope of a line connecting two points on a lane marking, and the average longitudinal distance from the camera to the line. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100086211 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REFLECTION DETECTION IN ROAD VIDEO IMAGES - A method and system for reflection detection in road video images, is provided. One implementation involves detecting road surface reflections, by receiving an image of a road in front of a vehicle from an image capturing device, determining a region of interest in an identified road in the image, and detecting road surface reflections in the region of interest. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100079590 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO-BASED ROAD CHARACTERIZATION, LANE DETECTION AND DEPARTURE PREVENTION - A method and system for video-based road departure warning for a vehicle on a road, is provided. Road departure warning involves receiving an image of a road in front of the vehicle from a video imager, and detecting one or more road markings in the image corresponding to markings on the road. Then, analyzing the characteristics of an image region beyond the detected markings to determine a rating for drivability of the road corresponding to said image region, and detecting the lateral offset of the vehicle relative to the markings on the road based on the detected road markings. A warning signal is generated as function of said lateral offset and said rating. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100054538 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNIVERSAL LANE BOUNDARY DETECTION - A method and system for detecting road markings, is provided. One implementation involves receiving an image ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20090210074 | INTERFACE DEVICE - The invention relates to an interface device ( | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090196121 | ULTRASOUND SENSOR, IN PARTICULAR, A MOTOR VEHICLE ULTRASOUND SENSOR - Ultrasound sensor ( | 08-06-2009 |
| 20080211708 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A RADAR SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for operating a radar system ( | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080211645 | WARNING SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a warning system for a motor vehicle, having a sensor system for sensing the position of the motor vehicle relative to a carriageway delimitation which is marked on a carriageway, and having an evaluation unit which is coupled to the sensor system, the evaluation unit being connected to at least one output unit and/or to at least one actuator for outputting warning signals to the driver, warning signals of different types and/or intensities being assigned to different positions of the motor vehicle relative to a carriageway delimitation. | 09-04-2008 |
