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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Roland Klinnert, Korntal-Muenchingen, DE;
Wolfgang Grimm, Allison Park, PA (US);
Hauke Schmidt, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bernhard Wirnitzer, Hemsbach, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The signal echo monitoring device includes a transmitting unit ( ) for broadcasting a transmitted signal (s(t)) which is a group of randomly generated pulses, a receiving unit ( ) for receiving an echo signal (e(t)), reflected by an object ( ), of the transmitted signal and a combined control and evaluation unit ( ) including a device ( ) for jointly evaluating the transmitted signal (s(t)) and the echo signal (e(t)) with an integrated adaptive filter ( ). The adaptive filter ( ) automatically calibrates its impulse response b(t) and may be a digital filter.