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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2014
Applicant:

Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;

Inventors:

Martti Soininen, Gothenburg, SE;

Martin Vinranke, Gothenburg, SE;

Assignee:

Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/26 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01); G01S 7/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/26 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01); G01S 7/4972 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 2007/4034 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is disclosed for calibrating a sensor cluster located at an inside of a windshield of a motor vehicle and arranged such that the pitch thereof is adjustable. The sensor cluster may include a narrow beam sensor and an imaging sensor, both of which are directed forward of the motor vehicle. An angle gamma (γ) between center directions of the narrow beam sensor and the imaging sensor has been pre-calibrated and stored in at least one memory unit. The method may include calibrating at least one of the narrow beam sensor and the imaging sensor with respect to a geometrical travel axis of the vehicle, recording a measure epsilon (ε) corresponding to an angle between the center direction of the imaging sensor and a reference provided by a fixed vehicle structural part, and storing the recorded measure epsilon (ε) in the at least one memory unit.


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