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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2023
Aptiv Technologies Ag, Schaffhausen, CH;
Xin Zhang, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Stuart Rogers, Oak Park, CA (US);
Zhengzheng Li, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
Described herein is NLS using a bounded linear initial search space and a fixed grid with pre-calculated variables. Specifically, first and second signals with unknown first and second elevation angles, respectively, are received that have been reflected by an object, with the second signal also having been reflected off the ground. A line of second angles is then established as a function of first angles, a sensor height, and a range to the object. The first angles being bound by a function of the sensor height and the range and a function of the sensor height, the range, and the maximum height. A search algorithm is then used to search for an initial elevation angle pair along the line. The initial elevation angle pair may then be fed into a refinement algorithm (e.g., non-linear least squares) to determine the elevation angles associated with the first and second signals.