Cargo detection system and method for detecting overhanging cargo on a motor vehicle

US11776407B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY · KR
• KIA CORPORATION · KR

Inventors

• Lukas Gaß · Mainz, DE
• Frank Wolf · Karlsruhe, DE
• Martin Eschle · Idstein, DE
• Michael Schreiber · Frankfurt, DE
• Seonok Lee · Rüsselsheim am Main, DE
• Saif Mudhafar · Wiesbaden, DE
• Baris Dönmez · Stadecken-Elsheim, DE
• Holger Bartelmeß · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Dirk Kuxhausen · Alzenau, DE
• Ingmar Langer · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 18, 2021
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2023
• Expiry date: Jan 4, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S2013/9323
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A cargo detection system for detecting overhanging cargo on a motor vehicle comprises a sensor system configured to provide cargo measurement data for cargo loaded onto the motor vehicle by measuring at least one of exterior dimensions of cargo protruding over an outer edge of the motor vehicle and an opening condition of a tailgate of the motor vehicle. The system further comprises a control device configured to assess, based on the cargo measurement data of the sensor system, whether cargo is overhanging from the motor vehicle and to calculate an updated vehicle length and/or vehicle width for the motor vehicle accounting for the overhanging cargo.