Method for determining the situation of an object by means of a sensor system of a vehicle, the vehicle having at least one first sensor with a first sensor position and a second sensor with a second sensor position, which is different from the first sensor position, wherein the method is performed using a computing unit and has the following steps: - calculating at least a subregion of an ellipse, the ellipse being formed by points for which the distance from the first sensor position via the respective point to the second sensor position is constant, and the distance being ascertained from the propagation time of a signal between the sending of the signal by the first sensor and the receiving of the signal reflected from the object by the second sensor; characterized by the further steps of: - determining an elliptical segment situated both within the detection range of the first sensor and within the detection range of the second sensor, the elliptical segment having a first and a second ellipse end (EP1, EP2); - determining an elliptical segment intermediate point located on a perpendicular bisector of the connecting line between the first and second ellipse ends (EP1, EP2); - determining a circle or a circular segment that passes through the first and second ellipse ends (EP1, EP2) and the elliptical segment intermediate point; and - determining the situation of the object on the basis of the circle or the circular segment. - calculating at least a subregion of an ellipse, the ellipse being formed by points for which the distance from the first sensor position via the respective point to the second sensor position is constant, and the distance being ascertained from the propagation time of a signal between the sending of the signal by the first sensor and the receiving of the signal reflected from the object by the second sensor; characterized by the further steps of: - determining an elliptical segment situated both within the detection range of the first sensor and within the detection range of the second sensor, the elliptical segment having a first and a second ellipse end (EP1, EP2); - determining an elliptical segment intermediate point located on a perpendicular bisector of the connecting line between the first and second ellipse ends (EP1, EP2); - determining a circle or a circular segment that passes through the first and second ellipse ends (EP1, EP2) and the elliptical segment intermediate point; and - determining the situation of the object on the basis of the circle or the circular segment. - determining an elliptical segment situated both within the detection range of the first sensor and within the detection range of the second sensor, the elliptical segment having a first and a second ellipse end (EP1, EP2); - determining an elliptical segment intermediate point located on a perpendicular bisector of the connecting line between the first and second ellipse ends (EP1, EP2); - determining a circle or a circular segment that passes through the first and second ellipse ends (EP1, EP2) and the elliptical segment intermediate point; and - determining the situation of the object on the basis of the circle or the circular segment.