US 12,032,057 B2
Distance measurement system for a vehicle
Thomas Schmidt, Limburg (DE); Martin Jan Gemmer, Limburg (DE); and Alfons Horn, Limburg (DE)
Assigned to MOBA Mobile Automation AG, Limburg (DE)
Filed by MOBA Mobile Automation AG, Limburg (DE)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/113,364.
Claims priority of application No. 102019219619.5 (DE), filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0181337 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 13/931 (2013.01) [G01S 13/08 (2013.01); G01S 7/027 (2021.05)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
23. Vehicle with a measurement unit for a distance measurement system for non-contact determination of a distance to an object, the measurement unit comprising:
a sensor unit configured to emit a signal along a propagation direction and to receive a signal reflected by the object; and
a signal deflection apparatus having a funnel-shape and arranged in the area of the sensor unit with a reflector surface deflecting the signal emitted by the sensor unit in a direction deviating from the propagation direction of the signal or at an essentially right angle to the propagation direction of the signal, in a direction away from ground and in the direction of the object, wherein the funnel-shape signal deflection apparatus comprises an opening or hole or slit or gap looking and being open to the ground;
wherein the vehicle is a mobile construction or work machine.