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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Peter Nicke, Boeblingen, DE;
Benjamin May, Lübs, DE;
Assignee:
MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/87 (2020.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/87 (2013.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lidar sensing system for a vehicle includes a plurality of lidar sensor modules disposed at a vehicle, with each lidar sensor module having a laser unit and a sensor unit, and with each lidar sensor module having a respective field of sensing exterior of the vehicle. Each field of sensing is different from the other fields of sensing and partially overlaps at least one other field of sensing. An output of each lidar sensor module is communicated to a control, and the control, responsive to outputs from the lidar sensor modules, determines a combined field of sensing.