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Lidar scanning device on a motor vehicle

US11016181B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

8Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hans-Jochen Schwarz · Stuttgart, DE
Jan Sparbert · Rutesheim, DE
Joern Ostrinsky · Ditzingen, DE
Klaus Stoppel · Mundelsheim, DE
Rene Adams · Atzlenbach, DE
Mustafa Kamil · Leonberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 2016
Grant date	May 25, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 1, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05D1/0231
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lidar scanning device for use in a motor vehicle includes a lidar sensor having a predefined scanning field, the lidar sensor being configured for determining the distance of an object within the scanning field, and a pivot device for varying an alignment of the scanning field of the lidar sensor as a function of a driving direction of the motor vehicle.

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