US 11,867,797 B2
Sensor cluster device and vehicle including the same
Jun Su Chun, Yongin-si (KR); and Hee Chang Roh, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/842,820.
Application 17/842,820 is a continuation of application No. 16/726,902, filed on Dec. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,448,750.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0134009 (KR), filed on Oct. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0390587 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 13/86 (2013.01) [G01S 13/865 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 7/027 (2021.05)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A vehicle comprising:
one or more sensor cluster devices; and
a vehicle body on which the one or more sensor cluster devices is installed,
wherein the one or more sensor cluster device comprises:
a radar sensor configured to acquire information concerning an object by emitting electromagnetic waves onto an object and receiving the electromagnetic waves reflected from the object;
one or more lidar sensors configured to acquire information concerning an object by emitting laser beams onto the object and receiving the laser beams reflected from the object;
a camera sensor configured to capture an image of surroundings of the object;
one or more infrared sensors configured to detect heat radiated from peripheral objects in the surroundings of the object to observe the object and the peripheral objects;
a body member on which the radar sensor, the one or more lidar sensors, the camera sensor, and the one or more infrared sensors are installed; and
a cover member configured to accommodate the body member,
wherein four of the sensor cluster devices are provided, and are installed on a top surface of the vehicle body so as to be directed toward front, rear, left, and right sides, or are installed in both front lateral portions and both rear lateral portions of the vehicle body.