Robert Boschgmbh

J&ouml;rg Schneemann

Klaus Winter

Herbert Olbrich

Klaus-Peter Wagner

Sonja Eder

A method and a radar sensor for determining an elevation angle error of a multibeam radar sensor are described. In order to detect an elevation angle of the multibeam radar system with respect to a predefined target, a plurality of laterally arranged cutting planes at a predefined distance are formed. The values of the corresponding antenna diagrams in each plane are stored in a suitable form, for example, normalized and in a parametric form taking into account the elevation angle &agr;. In order to reduce the size of the memory, it is sufficient to store one symmetry half for reasons of symmetry if additional information, for example, road clutter values are added, so that the upward or downward direction of the angle can be recognized. By comparing the measured echo values obtained by normalization and application of a quality factor, a corresponding elevation angle &agr; is obtained for each cutting plane. Using an appropriate histogram, an angle for the maladjustment of radar sensor can be determined from the measured values stored over a longer period of time.

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Weissach, Germany

Jörg Schneemann

Growing community of inventors

Weissach, Germany

J&ouml;rg Schneemann

Jörg Schneemann