Method for measuring distance

US6804168B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Schlick · Remchingen, DE
• Dirk Schmid · Simmozheim, DE
• Jens Schick · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 15, 2002
• Grant date: Oct 12, 2004
• Expiry date: Aug 15, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S15/878
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Proposed is a method for measuring distance, which improves the resolution and the selectivity in an echo method, using propagation-time measurement. In this context, a received signal is sampled without first having to smooth the signal.