Apparatus for measuring the position of a vehicle or a surface thereof
US9678202B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/015
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for measuring the position of a vehicle or a surface thereof on a roadway. The apparatus comprises at least one radar transmitter, which is arranged in a transmitting position above the plane of the roadway and transmits radar beams downwardly, a plurality of radar receivers, which are distributed above the plane of the roadway in different receiving positions at distances from one another, receive reflections of the radar beams from beneath, and convert the reflections into a received signal, and an evaluation device, which is connected to the radar transmitter and the radar receivers and is configured to measure the said position from the transmitting position, the receiving positions and the received signals.
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