US 12,140,657 B2
Directly determining free spaces around devices
Alexander Ioffe, Bonn (DE); Uri Iurgel, Wuppertal (DE); and Dariusz Cieslar, Cracow (PL)
Assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/456,118.
Claims priority of application No. 20209230 (EP), filed on Nov. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0163653 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 13/46 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01)
CPC G01S 13/46 (2013.01) [G01S 13/931 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A device comprising a computer having a processor and memory configured to:
acquire radar data regarding each of one or more radar antennas, the radar data comprising range data and range rate data;
extract, from the radar data, a specific set of the radar data having values equal to or below a noised-based threshold; and
directly determine a free space around the device based on the specific set of the radar data.