Method for the temporal synchronisation of a plurality of vehicle sensors

• US 7,254,504 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2002
• Issued: 08/07/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Staempfle, Martin, Uhler, Werner, Klotz, Albrecht
• Primary Examiner(s): Barlow; John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Washburn; Douglas N
• Application Number:
  US10/483,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20040177285A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,921 Days
• Field of Search: 702/85, 702/89
• US Class Current: 702/89
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/931 of land vehicles

Abstract

The invention proposes a synchronization method and apparatus, wherein based on a measuring time (110, 210) and the value of at least one quantity of the at least one sensor object, the at least one sensor object is determined at at least one of the base times (t_k−1, t_k, t_k+1).

Claims

1. A method for synchronizing sensor data of a sensor object, comprising the steps of detecting the object by at least one vehicle sensor at a sensor-specific measuring time;

synchronizing sensor data of the sensor object detected by the at least one vehicle sensor at the sensor-specific measuring time to a common time base comprised of a number of base times;

representing by the sensor data at least one quantity that is characteristic for a sensor object; and

, based on the measuring time and on a value of the quantity of the measuring time, converting the value of this quantity to change the value of quantity from the measuring time to at least one of the base times, and using the latter for synchronizing the sensor data of the sensor object.

2. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising providing the measuring time chronologically before the base time.

3. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising providing a measuring time chronologically after the base time.

4. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising providing at least one quantity as a measured quantity.

5. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising providing at least one quantity as a calculated quantity.

6. An apparatus for synchronizing sensor data, comprising:

at least one vehicle sensor that generates the sensor data; and

a data platform that receives the sensor data, wherein said sensor data is synchronized for executing a method comprising the steps of detecting an object by the at least one vehicle sensor at a sensor-specific measuring time;

synchronizing sensor data of the sensor object detected by the at least one vehicle sensor at the sensor-specific measuring time to a common time base comprised of a number of base times;

representing by the sensor data at least one quantity that is characteristic for the sensor object; and

, based on the measuring time and on a value of the quantity of the measuring time, converting the value of this quantity to change the value of this quantity from the measuring time to at least one of the base times, and using the latter for synchronizing the sensor data of the sensor object.