A system for an aircraft includes an optical sensor, at least one aircraft sensor, and a controller. The optical sensor is configured to emit a laser outside the aircraft, and the at least one aircraft sensor is configured to sense at least one aircraft condition. The controller is configured to determine a first operational state of the aircraft based upon the at least one aircraft condition and determine a second operational state of the aircraft based on the at least one aircraft condition, and operate the optical sensor to emit the laser at a first intensity during the first operational state and a second intensity during the second operational state, wherein the second intensity is greater than the first intensity.

Systems and methods are described for monitoring detection of objects in a sensor. The system can generate an occupancy array based on scene data corresponding to a scene of a vehicle. The array can include points that represent a location within the environment of the vehicle and an occupancy value that indicates whether an object is detected at that location. The system can modify an occupancy value of at least one point in the array and identify at least one static object miss based on a group of occupancy values of a group of points in the array.

The invention relates to an optical acquisition device (3) for a motor vehicle (1), having a housing (8) of the optical acquisition device (3), in which a light source unit (10) of the optical acquisition device (3) is arranged, wherein light beams (6) can be emitted by means of the light source unit (10) through a housing part (9) of the housing (8) into surroundings (4) of the motor vehicle (1), wherein the optical acquisition device (3) comprises a checking unit (16), by means of which a functional state of the housing (8) is checkable, and if an actual functional state of the housing (8) deviating from a reference functional state of the housing (8) is detected, a control signal can be generated. The invention furthermore relates to a motor vehicle (1) and a method.

A distance measurement apparatus measures a distance to an object by irradiating emission light and detecting reflected light from the object onto which the emission light is irradiated. This apparatus includes a transmission window, a heater wire, and a flexible substrate that is provided in the transmission window. The flexible substrate includes: a surface-mounted-type electronic component; a land to which an electrode of the electronic component is electrically connected, and a conductive adhesive that is formed on the land and adheres the electrode of the electronic component and the land. When a longitudinal direction of a surface of the electronic component that opposes the land is a reference direction, a length along the reference direction of a contact surface between the land and the conductive adhesive is equal to or greater than twice a length along the reference direction of a mounting surface of the electrode of the electronic component.

The invention relates to a method for detecting a functional impairment of a laser scanner (2) of a motor vehicle (1), in which a laser beam (12) of the laser scanner (2) is transmitted through a protective screen (6) of the laser scanner (2) into a surrounding area (4) of the motor vehicle (1), wherein an echo (16) of the transmitted laser beam (12) at least partially reflected at the protective screen (6) is received by a reception unit (9) of the laser scanner (2) with an intensity value (19), and the functional impairment of the laser scanner (2) is detected if the intensity value (19) is different from a reference intensity value.

A LiDAR system includes a casing having a window, a light emitter in the casing, a light sensor including an array of photodetectors, and a scanning mirror between the window and the light sensor. The LiDAR system includes a controller programmed to move the scanning mirror to a plurality of different positions when the light emitter is inactive. The scanning mirror is aimed at a different subset of the photodetectors in the different positions. The controller is programmed to operate at least some of the photodetectors when the scanning mirror is in different positions and the light emitter is inactive. The controller is programmed to identify a blockage on the window based on comparison of detected light at different positions of the scanning mirror.

A system and method of inspecting a static monitoring installation, installed in a traffic space. An evaluation circuit is able to create an image of the environment from a signal reflected from an object, wherein at least one reference value of a reference image of the environment is stored in the evaluation circuit, and the at least one reference value is formed from the reflected signals of at least one reference point for a reflected signal

A system and method for for determining a degree of point cloud data degradation of a LiDAR sensor of a Self-Driving Car (SDC) using a machine-learning algorithm (MLA) are provided. The method comprises: determining, based on a training point cloud generated by the LiDAR sensor representative of surroundings of the SDC, a plurality of LiDAR features; determining, for each training object in the surroundings, based on statistical data of coverage of training objects with LiDAR points, a plurality of enrichment features; receiving a respective label indicative of a degradation degree of the training point cloud; generating, based on the plurality of LiDAR features, the plurality of enrichment features, and the respective label, a given feature vector of a plurality of feature vectors; training, based on the plurality of feature vectors, the MLA to determine an in-use degree of degradation of in-use sensed data further generated by the LiDAR sensor.

An information processing system includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a deposited material with electromagnetic waves, a detection unit configured to detect scattered waves or transmitted waves of the electromagnetic waves with which the deposited material has been irradiated by the irradiation unit, and a determination unit configured to determine a state of the deposited material from an image based on the scattered waves or the transmitted waves detected by the detection unit.

A measurement control apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a detection unit (11) configured to detect an abnormal part of point group data acquired from a three-dimensional optical sensor; a control unit (12) configured to control the orientation of the three-dimensional optical sensor in accordance with the abnormal part detected by the detection unit (11); and a determination unit (13) configured to determine the case of the abnormality of the abnormal part detected by the detection unit (11) based on the point group data measured by the three-dimensional optical sensor in the orientation controlled by the control unit (12).