Patent ID: 11906672
Assignee: CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 1:
2. A method for detecting a degradation in a distance-measuring system, the method comprising:
transmitting a transmission signal;
acquiring a received signal back-scattered from an object;
determining a distance from the object based on a transmission time of the received signal; and
determining a degree of degradation of the distance-measuring system based on at least one of the determined distance from the object or a received signal strength of the received signal,, wherein the degree of degradation is determined based on both the determined distance from the object and the received signal strength of the received signal, and wherein a plausibility check is provided in order to verify the determined degrees of degradation using the determined distance from the object and the received signal strength of the received signal relative to one another.