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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2018
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Christoph Arndt, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE;

Uwe Gussen, Huertgenwald, DE;

Frederic Stefan, Aachen, DE;

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/90 (2006.01); G01S 13/87 (2006.01); G01S 13/44 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/9023 (2013.01); G01S 13/4454 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 13/878 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 2013/93271 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93272 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93274 (2020.01);
Abstract

A method to analyze of a vehicle's surroundings is specified. The method includes: arranging a first sensor group with at least two radar sensors on a vehicle, emitting radar waves using the radar sensors into the vehicle environment, reflecting the emitted radar waves at objects in the vehicle's environment, receiving the reflected radar waves using the radar sensors, identifying information about the vehicle's environment from the received radar waves and outputting the radar information. In order to improve the analysis of the carriageway environment, the radar sensors are arranged on the vehicle such that the emitted and received radar waves interfere. Radar information is obtained by taking account of the resulting interference data. In addition, a vehicle apparatus to analyze a vehicle's surroundings.


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