G01S2013/93275

Vehicle sensor assembly

A method for installing sensors to a vehicle includes fixing a plurality of tolerance compensators to the vehicle. The method includes fixing a plurality of sensor brackets to a jig. The method includes fixing the jig to a vehicle. The method includes, after fixing the sensor brackets to the jig and the jig to the vehicle, fixing the sensor brackets to the vehicle by connecting the tolerance compensators to the sensor brackets and adjusting dimensions of the tolerance compensators to maintain positions of the sensor brackets relative to the vehicle and each other, the positions defined by the jig.

AN ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT WITH A LOW-RIPPLE RADIATION PATTERN
20230036066 · 2023-02-02 · ·

An antenna arrangement suitable for a vehicle radar transceiver. The antenna arrangement includes a radiating layer having a surface, the surface delimited by a surface boundary. One or more apertures are arranged on the surface. The antenna arrangement further includes one or more surface current suppressing members arranged on the surface. The one or more surface current suppressing members are arranged to suppress a surface current from an aperture to the surface boundary. The one or more surface current suppressing members include one or more grooves.

Simulated LiDAR devices and systems

Systems and methods for generating simulated LiDAR data using RADAR and image data are provided. An algorithm is trained using deep-learning techniques such as loss functions to generate simulated LiDAR data using RADAR and image data. Once trained, the algorithm can be implemented in a system, such as a vehicle, equipped with RADAR and image sensors in order to generate simulated LiDAR data describing the system's environment. The simulated LiDAR data may be used by a vehicle control system to determine, generate, and implement modified driving operations.

A RADAR SIDE-SHIELD AND A RADAR TRANSCEIVER ASSEMBLY

A side-shield (310) for a radar transceiver (130), the side-shield (310) including a non-uniform delay structure arranged over an extension plane of the side-shield, the non-uniform delay structure being configured to delay a radar signal (220, 320) propagating through the side-shield (310) by a variable amount in dependence of a wavelength of the radar signal and in dependence of a location on the extension plane, thereby steering and/or diffusing the radar signal (320) after propagation through the side-shield (310).

Methods and Systems for Detecting Adverse Road Conditions using Radar
20220349996 · 2022-11-03 ·

Example embodiments relate to techniques for detecting adverse road conditions using radar. A computing device may generate a first radar representation that represents a field of view for a radar unit coupled to a vehicle and during clear weather conditions and store the first radar representation in memory. The computing device may receive radar data from the radar unit during navigation of the vehicle on a road and determine a second radar representation based on the radar data. The computing device may also perform a comparison between the first radar representation and the second radar representation and determine a road condition for the road based on the comparison. The road condition may represent a quantity of precipitation located on the road and provide control instructions to the vehicle based on the road condition for the road.

ANTENNA DEVICE FOR EMITTING AND RECEIVING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
20220344812 · 2022-10-27 ·

An antenna device (100) includes an antenna element (102) for emitting and receiving electromagnetic waves, a reflector (104) for reflecting the electromagnetic waves emitted from the antenna element (102), and a substrate (106) on which the antenna element (102) and the reflector (104) are positioned. The substrate (106) defines a main extension plane (108) extending along a horizontal direction (Y) and a lateral direction (X), wherein a vertical direction (Z) extends perpendicular to the horizontal direction (Y) and the lateral direction (X), and thus perpendicular to the main extension plane (108). The reflector (104) has a concave shape (112) in the vertical direction (Z) thereby spatially narrowing in the vertical direction (Z) the electromagnetic waves emitted by the antenna element (102), and has a convex shape (110) in the horizontal direction (Y) thereby spatially widening in the horizontal direction (Y) the electromagnetic waves emitted by the antenna element (102).

Cover element for sensors and method for producing the cover element

The invention relates to a cover element having a housing of a film that is formed and moulded between a front plate and a carrier plate and is used to represent multidimensional structures, the carrier plate being connected on the rear side to a heating plate, characterized in that the housing consists of an annular housing base and an annular housing front, and a circuit-board ring having LEDs and plugs is installed in the housing base.

Mounting for a Sensor on a Vehicle Structure, and Vehicle Comprising a Mounting of this Type
20230084105 · 2023-03-16 · ·

The disclosure relates to a mounting for a sensor on a vehicle structure. In some embodiments, the mounting comprises a first sub-assembly that can be fastened to the vehicle structure; a second sub-assembly, to which the sensor can be fastened; and at least one restoring element; wherein the first and second sub-assemblies can move relative to one another and the restoring element is designed to exert restoring forces on the second sub-assembly in accordance with the relative movement, in order to force the second sub-assembly into an initial position.

Vehicular sensing system for classification of detected objects

A vehicular sensing system includes at least one radar sensor disposed at a vehicle and having a field of sensing forward, rearward or sideward of the vehicle. Radar data captured by the radar sensor is received at an electronic control unit (ECU). Received transmitted signals reflected off objects and received at the receiving antennas are evaluated at the ECU to establish surface responses for the objects present in the field of sensing of the radar sensor. A data set of radar data that is representative of an object present in the field of sensing of the radar sensor is compared to stored data sets to determine if the data set corresponds to a particular stored data set of the stored data sets. Responsive to the data set of radar data being determined to correspond to the particular stored data set, the vehicular sensing system classifies the detected object.

Device and method for estimating distance based on object detection

A device for estimating a distance based on object detection and a method thereof are provided. The device for estimating a distance based on object detection according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a fusion sensor including a first sensor configured to detect positions of a plurality of objects in front of a host vehicle and a second sensor configured to capture a front image of the host vehicle, and a controller communicatively connected to the fusion sensor and configured to recognize all radar tracks corresponding to distances detected by the first sensor and all vision tracks corresponding to distances detected by the second sensor, assign adjacent vision tracks for each of the radar tracks to one cluster, and correct distances of all the vision tracks assigned to the corresponding cluster based on the closest vision track from the radar track for each cluster.