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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2017
Robert Bosch Start-up Platform North America, Llc, Series 1, Redwood City, CA (US);
Audrey Steever, Redwood City, CA (US);
Sarah Osentoski, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kaijen Hsiao, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael Beebe, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jason John Umhoefer, Redwood City, CA (US);
Karen Marie Ahle, Redwood City, CA (US);
Todd Louis Harris, Redwood City, CA (US);
David L. Klein, Redwood City, CA (US);
Nick C. Leindecker, Redwood City, CA (US);
Robert Bosch Start-Up Platform North America, LLC, Series 1, Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A sensing method, including: emitting a signal beam; sampling the reflected signal at a sensor with a field of view larger than the signal beam; and determining a surface parameter based on the bright and dark regions associated with the sampled signal.