	US 12,420,711 B2
	Sensor assembly with radar for autonomous vehicles
Donald Burnette, Mountain View, CA (US); Court Hinricher, Mountain View, CA (US); Jay Kuvelker, Mountain View, CA (US); Andreas Wendel, Mountain View, CA (US); John Zinn, Mountain View, CA (US); and Laura Shane, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Kodiak Robotics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Kodiak Robotics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,586.
Application 17/977,586 is a continuation of application No. 17/435,368, previously published as PCT/US2020/020450, filed on Feb. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/812,779, filed on Mar. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0051970 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60R 1/06 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G03B 37/04 (2021.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)

CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [B60R 1/0605 (2013.01); B60R 1/12 (2013.01); G01S 13/865 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G03B 37/04 (2013.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B60R 2001/1223 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01)]

40 Claims

1. A sensor assembly for an autonomous vehicle, comprising: an arm having a proximal end adjacent the autonomous vehicle, a distal end, and a vertical medial plane intersecting and parallel to a vector created by the proximal end and the distal end; a housing coupled to the distal end; a first radar coupled to the housing, wherein the first radar has a portion of a field of view in a direction opposite of a direction of travel such that the first radar is a rear view radar; and a second radar coupled to the housing, wherein the second radar has a portion of a field of view in the direction of travel such that the second radar is a front view radar, wherein the first radar is directed at about 20 degrees of perpendicular to the vertical medial plane and the second radar is directed at about 10 degrees of perpendicular to the vertical medial plane.