ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,688, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method and a device for classifying an object, in particular in the surroundings of a motor vehicle" was invented by Christian Pampus (Leonberg, Germany) and Michael Schumann (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for classifying an object, in particular in the surroundings of a motor vehicle, using an ultrasonic sensor system, the ultrasonic sensor system including a plurality of spatially distributed ultrasonic sensors. A plurality of measurements are carried out continuously during a measurement, an ultrasonic signal b...