DECOUPLING ELEMENT FOR AN ULTRASONIC SENSOR
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240361440A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18579865

    申请日:2022-07-13

    IPC分类号: G01S7/521 G01S15/931

    CPC分类号: G01S7/521 G01S15/931

    摘要: A decoupling element for an ultrasonic sensor is disclosed. The ultrasonic sensor is able to be attached to a flat component for a vehicle. The flat component includes a cutout. The ultrasonic sensor includes a cylindrical ultrasonic transceiver element which is able to be introduced into the cutout. The decoupling element includes a hollow-cylindrical element for enclosing the cylindrical ultrasonic transceiver element of the ultrasonic sensor and a plurality of support ribs which are arranged in the radial direction outside the hollow-cylindrical element and are spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction of the hollow-cylindrical element for supporting the decoupling element on a region of the flat component outside the cutout when the cylindrical ultrasonic transceiver element with the hollow-cylindrical element enclosing it is introduced by an end portion at an axial end into the cutout.

    Safe autonomous driving operation with sun glare

    公开(公告)号:US12091050B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US17786843

    申请日:2020-12-09

    发明人: Frederic Wilhelm

    IPC分类号: B60W60/00 B60W50/023

    摘要: A method for safe at least semi-autonomous driving operation of an ego vehicle in case of sun glare is disclosed. The method involves checking, by a computing system, whether one or more vehicle sensors of the ego vehicle are dazzled by sun glare, and if yes, detecting environmental information by a detection system of the ego vehicle. The method further involves subsequently checking, by a computing system, the environmental information for a presence of at least one dynamic object for intercepting the sun glare during driving operation of the ego vehicle, and if yes, checking, by a computing system, whether the ego vehicle can execute a driving manoeuvre in such a way that the at least one dynamic object intercepts the sun glare during driving operation of the ego vehicle. If yes, then the driving manoeuvre is executed.

    Computational noise compensation for ultrasonic sensor systems

    公开(公告)号:US12038504B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17639412

    申请日:2020-09-07

    IPC分类号: G01S15/52 G01S7/52 G01S15/931

    摘要: The present invention relates to a method for computational noise compensation for an ultrasonic sensor system (1) that is mounted in a concealed manner, in particular for a vehicle with a wall material (2), including the following steps:



    detecting reference surroundings information (100) comprising noise signal information (3) relating to a wall material (2) and/or airborne sound signal information (4), using an ultrasonic sensor (5) of the ultrasonic sensor system (1);
    storing the reference surroundings information (200);
    detecting real-time surroundings information (300) comprising noise signal information (3) relating to the wall material (2) and/or airborne sound signal information (4), using the ultrasonic sensor (5); and
    forming a difference signal between the pieces of surroundings information (400) of reference surroundings information and real-time surroundings information, using a computational unit (6).




    The present invention also relates to a system for computational ultrasound compensation having means for performing the steps of the method. The present invention further relates to a vehicle having the system for computational ultrasound compensation. The present invention furthermore relates to a computer program, to a data carrier signal, and to a computer-readable medium.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING PARKING SPACE VACANCY

    公开(公告)号:US20240233401A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18048694

    申请日:2022-10-21

    摘要: A system for available parking space prediction within a parking area is provided. The system includes a vehicle-mounted image capture device configured to obtain an image of an object in or in proximity to a parking space within the parking area, the object including one or more of a component of a parked vehicle and a pedestrian in proximity to the parked vehicle. The system further includes a processor and a non-transitory memory storing instructions. The instructions cause the processor to receive the image from the image capture device, determine a characteristic of one or more of the component and the pedestrian in the image, and predict, using a machine learning algorithm and based on the characteristic, a probability that the parked vehicle will vacate the parking space within a predetermined period of time.

    OPERATING INPUT DEVICE AND STEERING INPUT DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240227909A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18277881

    申请日:2022-02-15

    发明人: Jozsef Gelencser

    摘要: An operating input device for a vehicle and to a steering input device is disclosed. The operating input device has an upper part having an operating input surface with an input area associated with an operating function, and a lower part serving as a support structure for the upper part. The upper part is relatively movable to the lower part by an operating input force applied on the operating input surface in an operating input direction extending substantially perpendicular to the operating input surface. For generating a haptic feedback, the upper part and the lower part are coupled movably relative to each other such that by a feedback actuation mechanism, which is couplable to the operating input device, the upper part is movable relatively to the lower part at least in a first haptic feedback generating direction extending at least substantially parallel to the operating input surface.

    Method for determining an alignment of an optoelectronic sensor by means of scan points of a sensor image, and optoelectronic sensor

    公开(公告)号:US12025709B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-02

    申请号:US17052641

    申请日:2019-04-30

    发明人: Nikolai Sergeev

    摘要: A method for determining at least one alignment of an optoelectronic sensor of a motor vehicle relative to the vehicle involves emitting light beams into surroundings of the vehicle by a transmitter device, and receiving light beams reflected at an object by a receiver unit of the sensor. The received light beams are represented as scan points in a sensor image of the surroundings of the vehicle generated by the optoelectronic sensor, and each scan point is assigned to a receiver element. A sensor coordinate system is determined in the generated image using at least two received scan points of the first receiver element, and a reference coordinate system is determined in the generated image using at least one scan point of the first and second receiver elements. An angular deviation is determined by a comparison of the coordinate systems for determining the at least one alignment of the sensor.

    METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20240194077A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18553200

    申请日:2022-03-30

    摘要: The invention relates to a method for operating a driver assistance system (110). The method has the steps of: a) receiving (S1) a drive state sensor signal (SIG0(t)), which indicates the drive state, at a number of different points in time (t0-t5), b) receiving (S2) a number of sensor signals (SIG1(t)), which indicate the surroundings (200), at a number of different points in time (t0-t5), c) detecting (S3) a number of objects (210, 211) in the surroundings (200) on the basis of a first number of sensor signals (SIG1(t)), which have been detected at a first point in time, d) ascertaining (S4) a position (POS) and a movement vector (VEC) for a detected object (210, 211) on the basis of the first number of sensor signals (SIG1 (t)) and a second number of sensor signals (SIG1(t)), which have been received at a second point in time following the first point in time, using a plurality of different ascertaining methods (V1, V2), wherein different ascertaining methods (V1, V2) of the plurality have a different degree of computing complexity, and e) outputting (S5) a warning signal if a potential collision with the detected object (210, 211) is ascertained on the basis of the drive state sensor signal (SIG0(t)) received at a specified point in time and the position (POS) and the movement vector (VEC) ascertained for the detected object (210, 211).

    Advanced highway assist scenario
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12005915B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-11

    申请号:US17297185

    申请日:2019-11-29

    摘要: A multi-lane scenario driving support is provided for an ego vehicle in a traffic situation. Traffic surroundings are measured by an environment sensor system. The traffic surroundings include data about traffic and free space within an ego lane of the ego vehicle and an adjacent lane, and data about front proximity area and rear proximity area of the ego vehicle. A decision device evaluates the measured traffic surroundings and decides a driving operation to be executed by the ego vehicle based on at least one strategy. In the decision device, a cost function is used for choosing one of at least six strategies. The cost function is based on at least a core priority to avoid collision of the ego vehicle and not cause collision of the ego vehicle with a third party vehicle.