US 12,333,825 B2
Determination of a mounting configuration of a sensor for motor vehicles
Christian Haerdt, Bretten (DE)
Assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/909,905
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/055971
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/185637, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 203 392.7 (DE), filed on Mar. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0104541 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60W 40/10 (2012.01)
CPC G06V 20/58 (2022.01) [B60W 40/10 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor for a motor vehicle, for acquiring objects in a traffic environment of the motor vehicle, the sensor being configured to carry out a measurement method for determining a misalignment of the sensor, wherein:
the sensor is configured to be mounted on the motor vehicle in different mounting configurations and to be operated in each of the different mounting configurations,
the sensor is configured to carry out a method for determining an actual mounting configuration of the sensor from the different mounting configurations, the method including:
determining a misalignment of the sensor relative to a mounting configuration to be tested, based on measurement data of the measurement method, the measurement data of the measurement method being interpreted based on the mounting configuration to be tested, assumed as correct, and
recognizing as correct or incorrect the mounting configuration to be tested, based on the determined misalignment of the sensor,
based on the mounting configuration to be tested being recognized as incorrect, the steps of determining the misalignment and of recognizing the mounting configuration as correct or incorrect are carried out for at least one further mounting configuration of at least two mounting configurations to be tested, and
based on the mounting configuration to be tested being recognized as correct, the mounting configuration being determined as an actual mounting configuration of the sensor.