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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Säger, Friedrichsdorf, DE;
Thomas Landsiedel, Reichertshofen, DE;
Jörg Neugärtner, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/40 ;
Abstract
A system and method for aligning the beam path of a beam-emitting sensor arranged on a motor vehicle. Convenient and nevertheless highly precise setting of the beam direction of the beam-emitting element is possible if, when the vehicle is stationary, an external aligning beam propagating along or parallel to an actual direction of travel of the motor vehicle 1 hits a strictly planar surface on the sensor which reflects the aligning beam, the incident aligning beam and the reflected aligning beam are made to overlap as a result of the position of the sensor being changed.