Device for detecting and evaluating objects in the surroundings of a vehicle

US7145505B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Frank Gottwald · Rutesheim, DE
• Tore Toennesen · Reutlingen, DE
• Dirk Steinbuch · Wimsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 5, 2003
• Grant date: Dec 5, 2006
• Expiry date: Dec 31, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S13/931
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus 1 for detecting and evaluating objects in the vicinity of a vehicle, having transmitting and receiving means for electromagnetic radiation in the Gigahertz range, includes at least one antenna protected by a radome 11a, 11b. The radome 11a, 11b is designed as lens-shaped in such a way that beam focusing and/or beam pivoting of the broadcast electromagnetic radiation is made possible.