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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2019
Covestro Intellectual Property Gmbh & Co. KG, Leverkusen, DE;
Rainer Hagen, Leverkusen, DE;
Thomas Grimm, Cologne, DE;
Ulrich Grosser, Kürten, DE;
Alexander Meyer, Düsseldorf, DE;
Andreas Klein, Leverkusen, DE;
Dirk Hinzmann, Pulheim, DE;
Peter Capellen, Krefeld, DE;
Rafael Oser, Krefeld, DE;
Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a sensor system () for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising a sensor housing and an active or passive sensor () arranged therein, having a sensor technology based on radiation detection and a measurement apparatus assigned to the sensor (), wherein the sensor housing has a cover () that is signal-transmissive for the sensor () on its side located in the detection direction of the sensor (), and wherein the detection range of the sensor () in the region of the signal-transmissive cover () has a lower extent than the signal-transmissive cover (), wherein the sensor system () is characterized in that the sensor () is assigned a movable deflection apparatus (), coupled to a control apparatus, for deflecting the radiation of the sensor (), wherein the measurement apparatus is designed such that it is suitable for checking, in the detection range of the sensor (), whether and in which section the signal-transmissive cover () has a region with reduced signal transmissivity (), wherein the measurement apparatus interacts with the control apparatus of the deflection apparatus () in such a way that the control apparatus is able to change the position of the deflection apparatus () in such a way that the region with reduced signal transmissivity () lies outside the detection range of the sensor (). The invention furthermore relates to a method for operating such a sensor system () and to a motor vehicle that is equipped with such a sensor system ().