Patent · US Expired

Method for detecting objects enclosed in a medium, and measuring device for carrying out the method

US7764061B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Uwe Skultety-Betz · Echterdingen, DE
Bjoern Haase · Stuttgart, DE
Kai Renz · Echterdingen, DE
Reiner Krapf · Reutlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 14, 2006
Grant date	Jul 27, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 14, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01V3/08
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a method for detecting objects enclosed in a medium, a measurement signal correlated with an enclosed object is measured and used to generate a second signal, which reflects the measured signal strength of the measurement signal in a segmented manner by associating intervals of the signal strength of the measurement signal with individual segment units of the second signal, and the threshold values of the individual segment units of the second signal are varied depending on the measured signal strength of the measurement signal.

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