Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automotive radar alignment
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Application No.: US15328754Application Date: 2015-08-13
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Publication No.: US10585170B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Raphael Hellinger , Oliver F. Schwindt
- Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Stuttgart
- Assignee: Robert Bosch GbmH
- Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GbmH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Stuttgart
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2015/045000 WO 20150813
- International Announcement: WO2016/025683 WO 20160218
- Main IPC: G01S7/40
- IPC: G01S7/40 ; G01S13/93 ; G01S13/931

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for determining misalignment of a radar sensor unit mounted to a vehicle includes providing targets on an alignment apparatus. A vehicle is located at predetermined location on a test station an exact given distance from the alignment apparatus. The actual locations and distances of the targets from each other and from radar sensor unit of the vehicle at the test station are known and pre-stored. At least one target is a greater distance from the vehicle than the other targets. The targets receive and return a radar wave from the radar sensor unit. The radar sensor unit determines locations and distances of the targets and compares with the given or actual locations and distances of the targets to determine misalignment of the radar sensor unit. A calibration program automatically calibrates azimuth and elevation to adjust for misalignment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170212215A1 AUTOMOTIVE RADAR ALIGNMENT Public/Granted day:2017-07-27
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