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Mounting system for vehicle short range sensors

  • US 10,534,081 B2
  • Filed: 05/02/2017
  • Issued: 01/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sensing system of a vehicle, said sensing system comprising:

  • a mounting carrier that supports a plurality of sensor units;

    wherein said mounting carrier is configured to be disposed at the vehicle so that said plurality of sensor units have respective fields of sensing exterior of the vehicle;

    wherein said mounting carrier comprises structure to support said plurality of sensor units at an exterior portion of the vehicle so as to provide a desired field of sensing of said sensors when said mounting carrier is mounted at the vehicle;

    wherein said mounting carrier comprises an electrical connector that is configured to electrically connect to an electrical connector of the vehicle when said mounting carrier is mounted at the vehicle;

    wherein said sensor units are electrically connected to a common circuit element that is electrically connected to said electrical connector of said mounting carrier;

    a control, wherein, with said mounting carrier mounted at the vehicle, outputs of said sensor units are received at said circuit element and communicated to said control, and wherein said control, responsive to said outputs of said sensor units, determines the presence of one or more objects exterior the vehicle and within the field of sensing of at least one of said sensor units; and

    wherein said sensor units comprise sensor arrays connected to a control unit of the vehicle capable of process detection of individual sensors of the sensor arrays, combining detections within the antenna patterns of vertical interlaced sensor fields of sensing to provide an improved positional object height measurement and 3D imaging.

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