PLACEMENT STRUCTURE FOR PERIPHERAL INFORMATION DETECTING SENSOR, AND SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A sensor placement structure comprising:
- a vehicle skeleton member of a vehicle, the vehicle skeleton member having a hollow cross-section;
a peripheral information detecting sensor that is mounted to a vehicle outer side of the vehicle skeleton member, the peripheral information detecting sensor having a detecting section that detects information about a periphery of the vehicle; and
a cover that covers the peripheral information detecting sensor from the vehicle outer side of the peripheral information detecting sensor, the cover being composed of a material that is transmissive of a detection medium that is detected by the detecting section.
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Abstract
A sensor placement structure has: a vehicle skeleton member of a vehicle, the vehicle skeleton member having a hollow cross-section; a peripheral information detecting sensor that is mounted to a vehicle outer side of the vehicle skeleton member, the peripheral information detecting sensor having a detecting section that detects information about a periphery of the vehicle; and a cover that covers the peripheral information detecting sensor from a vehicle outer side of the peripheral information detecting sensor, the cover being composed of a material that is transmissive of a detection medium that is detected by the detecting section.
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13 Claims
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1. A sensor placement structure comprising:
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a vehicle skeleton member of a vehicle, the vehicle skeleton member having a hollow cross-section; a peripheral information detecting sensor that is mounted to a vehicle outer side of the vehicle skeleton member, the peripheral information detecting sensor having a detecting section that detects information about a periphery of the vehicle; and a cover that covers the peripheral information detecting sensor from the vehicle outer side of the peripheral information detecting sensor, the cover being composed of a material that is transmissive of a detection medium that is detected by the detecting section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A sensor placement structure comprising:
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a roof rail disposed on a roof panel of a vehicle, the roof rail having a hollow cross-section; a peripheral information detecting sensor that is mounted to a vehicle transverse direction outer side of the roof rail, the peripheral information detecting sensor having a detecting section that detects information about a periphery of the vehicle; and a cover that covers the peripheral information detecting sensor from the vehicle transverse direction outer side, the cover being composed of a material that is transmissive of a detection medium that is detected by the detecting section.
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