US 12,252,068 B2
Sensing an object in the surroundings of a motor vehicle
Bernhard Dehlink, Munich (DE); Mehdi Farid, Munich (DE); Gunter Hannig, Fuerstenfeldbruck (DE); Nico Kaempchen, Marzling (DE); and Christian Unger, Maisach (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/292,638
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/079162
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/099101, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 128 350.4 (DE), filed on Nov. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009405 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); H05B 47/125 (2020.01)
CPC B60Q 1/1423 (2013.01) [G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); H05B 47/125 (2020.01); B60Q 2300/41 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/45 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for sensing at least one object in surroundings of a motor vehicle, the system comprising:
at least one first sensor for class allocation of the at least one object, wherein a classification capability of the at least one first sensor depends on a brightness of the at least one object;
at least one second sensor for recognizing a presence of the at least one object; and
at least one actuator for increasing the brightness of the at least one object,
wherein the system is configured to increase the brightness of the at least one object by the at least one actuator upon determining, based on signals from the at least one first sensor and from the at least one second sensor, that:
the at least one second sensor recognizes the presence of the at least one object without classifying the at least one object, and
the at least one first sensor initially cannot classify the at least one object, and
wherein the system is configured to use the at least one first sensor to classify the at least one object after the brightness of the at least one object has been increased by the at least one actuator.