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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:
Feb. 15, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2019
Applicant:

Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael, BB;

Inventors:

Honghui Yan, Wuppertal, DE;

Stephanie Lessmann, Erkrath, DE;

Alexander Ioffe, Bonn, DE;

Assignee:

Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael, BB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/40 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4026 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60W 30/14 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); G01S 7/403 (2021.05);
Abstract

A method of determining an alignment error of an antenna is described, wherein the antenna is installed at a vehicle and in cooperation with a detection device, and wherein the detection device is configured to determine a plurality of detections. Determining the plurality of detections comprises emitting a first portion of electromagnetic radiation through the antenna, receiving a second portion of electromagnetic radiation through the antenna, and evaluating the second portion of electromagnetic radiation in dependence of the first portion of electromagnetic radiation in order to localize areas of reflection of the first portion of electromagnetic radiation in the vicinity of the antenna. The method comprises determining a first detection and at least a second detection by using the detection device, and determining the alignment error by means of a joint evaluation of the first detection and the second detection.


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