Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for detecting road surface properties
- Patent Title (中): 用于检测路面特性的装置和方法
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Application No.: US13432527Application Date: 2012-03-28
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Publication No.: US08941739B2Publication Date: 2015-01-27
- Inventor: Hyun Jae Yoo
- Applicant: Hyun Jae Yoo
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
- Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
- Agent Peter F. Corless
- Priority: KR10-2011-0127752 20111201
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; G06F7/00 ; G01S17/88

Abstract:
Disclosed is a technique for detecting a road surface property. More specifically, the technique includes a reflectivity table that stores a degree of reflectivity of a rainy road relative to a reference reflectivity and a degree of reflectivity of a snowy road relative to the reference reflectivity. A reflection measurement unit measures a reflection which is the amount of a laser beam that is emitted through a light emitting unit of a laser sensor, reflected from the road surface, and received by a light receiving unit, and a reflectivity calculation unit calculates a degree of reflectivity for the road in front of the vehicle via a ratio of the measured reflection and the reference reflectivity. A road surface property determination unit then detects the corresponding road surface property based on the reflectivity table.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130141577A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ROAD SURFACE PROPERTIES Public/Granted day:2013-06-06
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