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Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2021
Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Vincent Laurent, Frankfurt Am Main, DE;

Timo Schoening, Bonn, DE;

Assignees:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/58 (2006.01); G01S 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/58 (2013.01); G01S 17/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sensor device for measuring a motion of a vehicle includes a light source for radiating light on a region on a ground below the vehicle in temporal intervals and to produce a spot of increased temperature; a heat detection unit, which is mountable at an underside of the vehicle for detecting a position of the spot on the ground at the temporal intervals; and a control unit for receiving data about a measured time of the spot and the position of the spot from the heat detection unit and to estimate a change of the position of the spot in vehicle coordinates.


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