Methods and systems for assisting driver during lane splittingSystems and methods for enhancing safety during motorcycle lane-splitting or lane filtering by using a camera to capture images of adjacent vehicles and a processor to analyze these images to predict …DRIVE·Jun 16·1 min readFollowB60W30/09Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
VEHICLE PARKING SENSOR SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC TIRE ORIENTATION ON A SLOPED ROADWAYA method for automatically parking a vehicle on a sloped roadway. The method detects a roadway slope gradient, utilizing at least one vehicle sensor, at a roadway where the vehicle is presently locate…DRIVE·Feb 19·1 min readFollowB60W30/06Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSISTING DRIVER DURING LANE SPLITTINGSystems and methods for enhancing safety during motorcycle lane-splitting or lane filtering by using a camera to capture images of adjacent vehicles and a processor to analyze these images to predict …DRIVE·Jan 22·1 min readFollowB60W30/09Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
PARKING SAFETY PREDICTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLESMethods and systems for assisting a vehicle in predicting the safety of an environment about a vehicle. Image data is sensed by a vehicle image sensor regarding the environment about the vehicle. The …DRIVE·Jan 22·1 min readFollowB60R25/305Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
AUTONOMOUS BRAKE WEAR ESTIMATIONMethods and systems for estimating autonomous brake wear in a vehicle. A brake table includes a correspondence between a desired brake request and an applied brake force. Vehicle deceleration data is …DRIVE·Aug 21·1 min readFollowB60T8/174Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING A VEHICLE BASED ON A DETERMINATION THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE INTENDS TO PARKMethods and systems for autonomously controlling a first vehicle with a forward vehicle intends to park. An image sensor is mounted to the first vehicle and is configured to generate image data associ…DRIVE·Apr 10·2 min readFollowB60W60/001Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AVAILABLE PARKING SPOTS WITH OPTIONAL PULL-THROUGH PARKING SPOTSIn some implementations, the device may include receiving, via one or more image sensors, one or more images of a parking area. In addition, the device may include determining, based on the one or mor…DRIVE·Jan 16·2 min readFollowB60W30/06Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
OBJECT AVOIDANCE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLESMethods and systems for assisting a vehicle in avoiding an object in a roadway and communicating associated information to trailing vehicles. Image data is sensed by a vehicle image sensor regarding a…DRIVE·Dec 12·1 min readFollowB60W30/095Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
CONNECTIVITY BASED FUSION SPEED LIMIT ASSISTA method for operating a driver assistance system for a vehicle includes capturing a video feed of an external environment of the vehicle, receiving coordinates and a navigational speed limit from a s…DRIVE·Nov 28·1 min readFollowB60W50/14Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
CAMERA BASED SPEED LIMIT ASSISTA method for operating a driver assistance system for a vehicle includes capturing a video feed of an external environment of the vehicle and transmitting the video feed to an Electronic Control Unit …DRIVE·Nov 7·2 min readFollowG08G1/0962Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
STEERING COLUMN MODULE FOR ATTACHMENT TO A STEERING COLUMN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR CHECKING A STEERING COLUMN MODULEA steering column module for a steering column of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The module has a first housing part and a second housing part, which, when the module is in a target installed position,…DRIVE·Sep 12·2 min readFollowB60R16/027Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
OPERATING INPUT DEVICE AND STEERING INPUT DEVICEAn operating input device for a vehicle and to a steering input device is disclosed. The operating input device has an upper part having an operating input surface with an input area associated with a…DRIVE·Jul 11·2 min readFollowB62D1/046Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, PARKING GARAGE, AND VEHICLEA method for operating a parking assistance system () for a vehicle () is proposed. The method comprises: a) projecting (S) a predetermined pattern (PAT-PAT) onto a predetermined area (), especially a…DRIVE·Jul 11·1 min readFollowB60W30/0956Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
PARKING SPACE DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEMA method that includes obtaining a first image from a first camera disposed on a vehicle and generating a birds-eye view (BEV) image using the first image. The method further includes processing, with…DRIVE·Jul 11·2 min readFollowB60W30/06Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
STEERING MODULE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING A DOUBLE-REFLECTIVE LIGHT GUIDE, STEERING DEVICE, AS WELL AS MOTOR VEHICLEThe invention relates to a steering module () for a motor vehicle (), the steering module () comprising an optical signaling unit (), which optically indicates an operating state of the motor vehicle …DRIVE·May 23·2 min readFollowB60Q3/283Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
METHOD FOR OPERATING A PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND VEHICLEA method for operating a parking assistance system () for a vehicle () is proposed, which is configured to capture and store a trajectory to be trained, in a training mode (MOD), and which is configur…DRIVE·May 16·1 min readFollowB62D15/0285Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
METHOD TO IMPROVE PARKING ALIGNMENTAn automated parking system for parking a vehicle within a parking slot includes a communication device and an automated parking device. The communication device includes a display that depicts a visu…DRIVE·May 2·1 min readFollowB60W60/001Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
OPERATING INPUT DEVICE AND STEERING INPUT DEVICEAn operating input device for a vehicle and to a steering input device is disclosed. The operating input device has an upper part having an operating input surface with an input area associated with a…DRIVE·Apr 25·2 min readFollowB62D1/046Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
METHOD FOR OPERATING A PARKING ASSISTANCE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, VEHICLE AND SYSTEMA method for operating a parking assistance system for a vehicle involves a) receiving an optical image of an environment of the vehicle and a digital environment map representing the environment of t…DRIVE·Dec 28·2 min readFollowB60W30/06Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
METHOD FOR MEASURING A LATERAL SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE, MEASURING APPARATUS, AND VEHICLEA method for measuring lateral surroundings of a vehicle provided with a lateral ultrasonic transceiver is disclosed. The method involves actuating the ultrasonic transceiver at at least two transmiss…DRIVE·Nov 23·1 min readFollowB60W30/06Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
CAMERA, A-PILLAR ARRANGEMENT, AND VEHICLE(Camera, A-pillar arrangement having the camera and vehicle) Camera (, , ) for a vehicle (), which camera is designed: to be mounted at least partially inside an A-pillar (, , ) of the vehicle (), to …DRIVE·Oct 5·1 min readFollowH04N23/54Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN EVASION TRAJECTORY FOR A VEHICLEA method for determining an evasion trajectory for a vehicle to evade one or more objects is disclosed. The method involves recognizing a first object in a predicted trajectory of the vehicle, determi…DRIVE·Sep 28·1 min readFollowB60W30/09Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
DRIVER ASSISTANCE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLEA driver-assistance method for a motor vehicle of interest, in which the vehicle of interest detects the third-party vehicles which are present at an initial instant in its environment is disclosed. D…DRIVE·Jun 1·2 min readFollowB60W60/0016Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE, PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND VEHICLEA method for operating a vehicle by a parking assistance system in a following mode where the vehicle is driven along a trained trajectory or to initiate driving is disclosed. The method involves rece…DRIVE·May 25·1 min readFollowB60W30/06Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
OBJECT RECOGNITION BY AN ACTIVE OPTICAL SENSOR SYSTEMAccording to a method for object recognition by an active optical sensor system (), a detector unit () detects light () reflected off an object () and generates a sensor signal () on the basis thereof…DRIVE·May 18·2 min readFollowG01S17/89Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
CONTENT CAPTURE OF AN ENVIRONMENT OF A VEHICLE USING A PRIORI CONFIDENCE LEVELSA method for the content capture of an environment of a vehicle is disclosed. The method uses an artificial intelligence neural network, on the basis of a point cloud generated by an environment senso…DRIVE·May 11·2 min readFollowG01S13/931Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
CAMERA DEVICE, MOTOR VEHICLE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTDescribed is a camera device () for a motor vehicle (), having: a camera () for recording an image, a computing unit () for executing a program sequence () for providing at least part of a driver assi…DRIVE·Mar 9·1 min readFollowH04N5/232411Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE, PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND VEHICLEA method for operating a first vehicle () with a parking assistance system () is proposed, comprising: a) sensing an obstructing parked position (BP) of the first vehicle () by means of the parking as…DRIVE·Feb 16·2 min readFollowB60W30/06Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CURRENT ANGLE OF LATERAL INCLINATION OF A ROADWAYThe present invention relates to a method for determining the current angle of lateral inclination (a) of a roadway by means of a vehicle, at least comprising the steps of: a) determining the current …DRIVE·Feb 9·2 min readFollowB60W40/072Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
SAFE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING OPERATION WITH SUN GLAREA method for safe at least semi-autonomous driving operation of an ego vehicle in case of sun glare is disclosed. The method involves checking, by a computing system, whether one or more vehicle senso…DRIVE·Feb 2·1 min readFollowB60W60/0015Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
CONTACT DETECTION BY MEANS OF AN ULTRASONIC SENSOR SYSTEMA method for contact detection for an ultrasonic sensor system installed in a concealed or unconcealed manner is disclosed. The method involves detecting reference surroundings information, comprising…DRIVE·Jan 12·1 min readFollowG01S11/14Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
METHOD FOR AVOIDING A COLLISION IN ROAD TRAFFIC ON THE BASIS OF ADAPTIVELY SETTING POTENTIALLY OCCUPIED AREASThe present invention relates to a method for avoiding collisions of a moving vehicle with other road users in the surroundings of the vehicle, comprising at least the method steps of: a) detecting, b…DRIVE·Oct 20·2 min readFollowB60W30/0956Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
METHOD FOR DETECTING FAULTS RELATED TO WHEELS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A DRIVING SITUATIONThe subject matter of the invention is a method for detecting faults related to wheels of a motor vehicle in a driving situation, comprising: a step (S) of automatically determining a first series of …DRIVE·Sep 22·2 min readFollowB62D15/025Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, ADJUSTMENT UNIT, HEAD-UP DISPLAY AND MOTOR VEHICLEAn adjustment device () for adjusting an orientation of a reflection device () of a head-up display, to an adjustment unit (), to a head-up display and to a vehicle is disclosed. The adjustment device…DRIVE·Sep 8·2 min readFollowG02B27/0149Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOCATING A VEHICLE IN A SURROUNDING AREAThe invention relates to a method for locating a vehicle () in a surrounding area, comprising the following steps: providing a primary sensor system (); providing a secondary sensor system (), the sec…DRIVE·Aug 25·2 min readFollowB60W60/0016Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
METHOD AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VISUAL INFORMATION ABOUT A FIRST VEHICLE IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF A SECOND VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMThe invention relates to a method for providing visual information about a first vehicle () in an environment () of a second vehicle (). The method comprises the step of detecting a reduced visibility…DRIVE·Aug 18·2 min readFollowB60W50/14Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
ASSISTING REVERSE DRIVING OF A COMBINATIONAccording to a method for assisting reverse driving of a combination (), an actual value for a hitch angle of the combination () is determined by a computing unit () depending on sensor data generated…DRIVE·Jul 14·1 min readFollowG01S15/08Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
SENSOR UNIT FOR VEHICLESA sensor unit for vehicles for detecting at least the moisture and/or the temperature on the inside of a vehicle window by a sensor is disclosed. The sensor unit is mounted adjacent to the inside of t…DRIVE·Jun 23·2 min readFollowB60H1/00785Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
HOLDER BASE PART FOR SECURING AT LEAST ONE CAMERA HOUSING TO A VEHICLE PART OF A VEHICLE, CAMERA HOUSING AND CAMERA SYSTEMA holder base part for securing at least one camera housing to a vehicle part of a vehicle, a camera housing and a camera system are described. The holder base part has a retaining element with a secu…DRIVE·Jun 9·2 min readFollowG03B17/561Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
STEERING COLUMN SWITCH FOR A VEHICLESteering column switch () for a vehicle, in particular for a utility vehicle, wherein the steering column switch () has a housing (), an actuating device which can be coupled to an operating element a…DRIVE·May 26·2 min readFollowB60Q1/1476Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
