Sensor arrangement for detecting ambient conditions

US8434359B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Niemann · Delmenhorst, DE
• Olaf Lüdtke · Hambergen, DE
• Almut Schlarmann · Bremen, DE
• Jürgen Palloks · Westerstede, DE
• Antje Müller · Lilienthal, DE
• Tim Petasch · Bremen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 7, 2011
• Grant date: May 7, 2013
• Expiry date: Nov 6, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01K2205/00
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a sensor arrangement for detecting ambient conditions, in particular for a motor vehicle, with at least one carrier plate and optical elements arranged on this carrier plate, wherein several of the optical elements are arranged around a shared central region on the carrier plate, and at least two of the optical elements arranged around the central region exhibit primary action axes. These primary action axes are adjusted at a predetermined angle relative to the carrier plate, wherein the primary action axes are directed toward the shared central region. Additional sensors arranged on the carrier plate include a rain sensor, a solar sensor as well as various light sensors, which preferably are arranged on receiving surfaces of the carrier plate.