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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2011
Christopher Brown, Stuttgart, GB;
Felix Streichert, Stuttgart, DE;
Christian Zott, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Andre Gerlach, Leonberg-Hoefingen, DE;
Christopher Brown, Stuttgart, GB;
Felix Streichert, Stuttgart, DE;
Christian Zott, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Andre Gerlach, Leonberg-Hoefingen, DE;
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A system for determining the distance from and the direction to an object includes an emitter and at least two receiver elements for receiving a signal which is transmitted by the emitter and reflected by the object. The receiver elements are arranged as a linear array, as two linear arrays situated at an angle to one another, as an array which surrounds the emitter and forms a circle, or as a two-dimensional array. The diameter of the array may be greater than one-half the wavelength of the signal, and the receiver elements each have an individual surface area whose height or diameter corresponds at most to one-half the wavelength of the signal, and the emitter has a height or a diameter which is greater than one-half the wavelength of the signal.