US 12,117,531 B2
Sensor system
Misako Kamiya, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/265,608
Filed by KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/028824
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/031685, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-148279 (JP), filed on Aug. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0165103 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/487 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 17/931 (2020.01) [G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/4876 (2013.01); G01S 7/4811 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor system adapted to be installed in a vehicle, comprising:
a light emitting element configured to emit detecting light toward an outside area of the vehicle;
a light receiving element configured to output a signal corresponding to reflected light;
a processor configured to detect information of the outside area on the basis of the signal; and
a translucent cover configured to form a part of an outer surface of the vehicle, and having a plurality of flat portions configured to allow passage of the detecting light,
wherein the processor is configured to exclude, from the information to be detected, information based on the reflected light generated from the detecting light that passed through a position corresponding to a boundary portion between adjacent flat portions of the plurality of flat portions.