US 12,345,800 B2
Method and device for determining a target position of a surroundings sensor of a vehicle
Katharina Burger, Munich (DE); Willibald Reitmeier, Munich (DE); Friedbert Stuhlfelner, Munich (DE); and Philipp Seifert, Munich (DE)
Assigned to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, Regensburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/762,959
Filed by Vitesco Technologies GmbH, Regensburg (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/076214
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/058409, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 214 544.2 (DE), filed on Sep. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0342066 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 13/58 (2006.01); B60R 1/074 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01)
CPC G01S 13/58 (2013.01) [B60R 1/074 (2013.01); B60R 11/00 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0092 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A method for determining a target position of a surroundings sensor of a vehicle using a vehicle-side attachment element as a calibration object, wherein the surroundings sensor and the vehicle-side attachment element are movable relative to each other, the method comprising:
ascertaining a first actual position of the surroundings sensor in a first relative pose between the surroundings sensor and the vehicle-side attachment element;
moving the surroundings sensor and/or the vehicle-side attachment element from the first relative pose to a second relative pose between the surroundings sensor and the vehicle-side attachment element;
ascertaining a second actual position of the surroundings sensor in the second relative pose; and
determining the target position of the surroundings sensor by averaging the first actual position and the second actual position to form an averaged actual position and assigning the averaged actual position as the target position;
wherein the vehicle-side attachment element is fixedly connected to the side of the vehicle.