A method for aiding finding of available parking areas of a street section includes receiving data corresponding to parking areas situated in a street section, the data including information ascertained by an ascertaining vehicle driving through the street section and information received from a server, determining an instantaneous occupancy estimate of the street section based on the received data, calculating a forecasted occupancy estimate based on the instantaneous occupancy estimate using a timer series forecasting model, and generating a display representation of the calculated forecasted occupancy estimate. The method includes receiving the data and determining the occupancy estimate, for example, each time an ascertaining vehicle drives through the street.

A lighting system for a local vehicle, comprising: a head lamp including a low-beam lamp for shining low-beam light in a first zone, and a first high-beam lamp for shining first high-beam light in the first zone; a sensory cluster for detecting a remote vehicle proximate to the local vehicle, the sensory cluster including a distance sensor for determining a distance of the remote vehicle from the local vehicle, and a velocity sensor for determining a velocity of the remote vehicle with respect to the local vehicle; and a lighting controller for determining a minimum-distance target time when the remote vehicle will reach a minimum distance from the local vehicle based on the distance of the remote vehicle and the velocity of the remote vehicle, and for controlling the operation of the first high-beam lamp based on the distance of the remote vehicle and the velocity of the remote vehicle.

The invention relates to a method for detecting at least one object (9a, 9b, 9c) in a surrounding area (7) of a motor vehicle (1) by means of a driver assistance system (2), in which a transmission signal is transmitted in each of chronologically consecutive measurement cycles via a distance sensor (4), and a first and a second echo of the transmission signal reflected by the at least one object (9a, 9b, 9c) are received; and, by means of a control device (3), a first distance value (a1) is determined based on the first echo, a second distance value (a2) is determined based on the second echo, and a height of the at least one object (9a, 9b, 9c) is determined based on the first and the second distance value (a1, a2); wherein the measurement cycles are carried out during a relative movement of the motor vehicle (1) with respect to the at least one object (9a, 9b, 9c); in at least two of the measurement cycles, a difference value is determined in each case, which describes a difference between the second distance value (a2) and the first distance value (a1); and the height of the at least one object (9a, 9b, 9c) is determined based on a change in the respective difference value determined in the at least two measurement cycles.

A mounting structure for a vicinity information detection sensor, comprising: an apron upper member arranged along a vehicle front-and-rear direction at a vehicle width direction outer side of a vehicle front portion; and a vicinity information detection sensor equipped with a detection unit that detects vicinity information of the vehicle, the vicinity information detection sensor being mounted to the apron upper member, directly or via a bracket, such that the detection unit is oriented to the vehicle outer side.

The present invention relates to a non-contact obstacle-avoiding autonomous lawn mower, including a housing, a moving module, a drive module, and a control module. An ultrasonic sensor assembly is disposed on the housing. The ultrasonic sensor assembly includes at least two ultrasonic sensors, including a first ultrasonic sensor and a second ultrasonic sensor. When a distance between an obstacle detected by the ultrasonic sensor assembly and the autonomous lawn mower is less than a preset distance, the control module controls the autonomous lawn mower to execute a preset obstacle-avoidance measure. Compared with the prior art, the present invention uses an ultrasonic sensor to detect an obstacle and sets a preset distance to prevent the autonomous lawn mower from colliding with the obstacle, thereby implementing non-contact obstacle avoidance of the autonomous lawn mower.

A system compensates a motion of a vehicle component relative to another vehicle component or ground. One or more sensors are supported by the vehicle component. The system includes a control unit configured to perform the following acts: receiving sensor data from the one or more sensors; detecting the motion of the vehicle component; and determining compensation data to enable a compensation of deviations in sensor data that are caused by the motion.

A lateral distance sensor diagnosis apparatus cooperating with a lateral distance sensor in a vehicle includes a travel enabled distance acquisition section and a diagnosis test section. The travel enabled distance acquisition section determines whether the vehicle is estimated to have contact with an object detected by the lateral distance sensor, based on a distance detected by the lateral distance sensor and a present steering angle. When determining that the vehicle is estimated to have contact with the detected object, the travel enabled distance acquisition section acquires a travel enabled distance based on a distance detected by the lateral distance sensor. The diagnosis test section determines that the lateral distance sensor fails to operate normally when a movement distance becomes greater than the travel enabled distance under state where the steering angle is an angle causing the vehicle to have contact with an object detected by the lateral distance sensor.

A method for evaluating an effect of an object in the surroundings of a transport device on a driving maneuver of the transport device. The method includes: ascertaining a first distance between the object and a first position of the transport device with the aid of a first ultrasonic sensor of the transport device; ascertaining a second distance between the object and a second position of the transport device different from the first position, using the first ultrasonic sensor of the transport device; calculating a change between the first distance and the second distance with regard to a path, which corresponds to a distance traveled between the first position and the second position of the transport device; and taking into account or not taking into account the object during the execution of the driving maneuver of the transport device as a function of a result of the calculation.

An object identification apparatus includes: an identifier that identifies whether an object is a control target based on a result of comparison between reflection intensity of a detection wave and an identification threshold when the detection wave is received by the moving body; and a changer that changes identification sensitivity of the identifier according to positions of at least two points of the object when the detection wave is reflected at the at least two points and received by the moving body.

A method, a device and a computer-readable storage medium with instructions for processing data in a motor vehicle for forwarding to a back end. In a first step, sensor data are detected along a route of the motor vehicle. On the basis of the sensor data, features and context information on the features are then identified within segments of the route. Finally, the features and the context information on the features are combined into a message for the route.