Sensor system for recognizing protruding or exposed objects in the surroundings of a vehicle

US10043394B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Oliver Pink · Ditzingen, DE
• Axel Buettner · Stuttgart, DE
• Dominik Maucher · Stuttgart, DE
• Achim Feyerabend · Heilbronn, DE
• Christoph Schroeder · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 13, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 7, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S2013/93274
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sensor system for a vehicle for recognizing adjacent vehicles, situated in an adjacent lane, with protruding or exposed objects, is described which includes a first lateral LIDAR sensor. The first lateral LIDAR sensor is tilted about a first transverse axis with respect to the horizontal, so that the first detection range, with its front portion in the travel direction, detects a first upper spatial area laterally ahead of the vehicle, at a height above the installed position of the first lateral LIDAR sensor. The second lateral LIDAR sensor is tilted opposite to the tilt direction of the first LIDAR sensor about a second transverse axis with respect to the horizontal, so that the second detection range, with its rear portion in the travel direction, detects a second upper spatial area laterally behind the vehicle, at a height above the installed position of the second LIDAR sensor.