INTEGRATED RADAR-CAMERA SENSOR
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1. A sensor module comprising:
- a sensor module housing comprising a plurality of walls;
a camera component located in the module housing for capturing images based on light waves;
a radar sensor component located within the module housing for emitting a radar beam and receiving reflected radar signals; and
processing circuitry for processing the captured images and the received reflected radar signals and providing an indication of the detection of the presence of one or more objects.
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Abstract
An integrated radar-camera sensor is provided which includes a camera sensor component and a radar sensor component both housed within a common single module housing. The sensor module also includes processing circuitry for processing the radar sensor and camera outputs. The sensor module is located behind the windshield of a vehicle and may include glare and/or EMI shields.
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1. A sensor module comprising:
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a sensor module housing comprising a plurality of walls; a camera component located in the module housing for capturing images based on light waves; a radar sensor component located within the module housing for emitting a radar beam and receiving reflected radar signals; and processing circuitry for processing the captured images and the received reflected radar signals and providing an indication of the detection of the presence of one or more objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A sensor module for use on a vehicle for detecting one or more objects relative to the vehicle said sensor module comprising:
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a sensor module housing behind a windshield of a vehicle; a radar sensor component located within the housing behind the windshield; an electromagnetic interference shield disposed to one or more sides of the radar sensor component for shielding electromagnetic radiation from the radar sensor component; and processing circuitry for processing radar signals received with the radar sensor component. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for detecting one or more objects relative to a vehicle said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a camera component in a module housing; providing a radar sensor component in the module housing to provide an integrated sensor module; mounting the sensor module behind a windshield of the vehicle; capturing images forward of the vehicle passing through the windshield with the camera component; transmitting a radar signal forward of the vehicle through the windshield with the radar sensor component; receiving reflected radar signals from one or more objects forward of the vehicle with the radar sensor component; and processing video images captured by the camera component and the reflected radar signals received by the radar sensor component for use in detecting an object relative to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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