US 11,927,691 B2
Portable vehicle sensor calibration apparatus having a suction mechanism
Robert Meitzler, Warren, MI (US); Michael Shevela, Harrison Township, MI (US); and Richard Martin, Clinton Township, MI (US)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/047,622
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/059071
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 14, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/206633, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/661,124, filed on Apr. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0048510 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G01S 13/931 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/40 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 7/40 (2013.01) [B60W 50/00 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0083 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle sensor calibration apparatus comprising:
a vertical support member;
a first anchor mechanism comprising a first suction cup detachably coupled to the vertical support member operable to mount onto a support surface;
a crossbar member detachably coupled to the vertical support member and positionable along the length of the vertical support member, the crossbar member comprising a target mount operable to be positioned along the length of the crossbar member;
a reflective target detachably coupled to the target mount; and
a number of alignment instruments detachably coupled to the crossbar member and operable to measure an alignment of the vehicle sensor calibration apparatus with respect to a reference point.