METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSIS OF A VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT, AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method to analyze a vehicle environment, comprising:
- arranging a first sensor group, having at least two radar sensors, on a vehicle such that emitted and received radar waves interfere;
emitting radar waves to a vehicle environment via the radar sensors;
receiving reflected radar waves via the radar sensors to generate interference data indicative of the vehicle environment; and
outputting radar information, determined by the interference data, about the vehicle environment from received radar waves.
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Abstract
A method to analyze of a vehicle'"'"'s surroundings is specified. The method includes: arranging a first sensor group with at least two radar sensors on a vehicle, emitting radar waves using the radar sensors into the vehicle environment, reflecting the emitted radar waves at objects in the vehicle'"'"'s environment, receiving the reflected radar waves using the radar sensors, identifying information about the vehicle'"'"'s environment from the received radar waves and outputting the radar information. In order to improve the analysis of the carriageway environment, the radar sensors are arranged on the vehicle such that the emitted and received radar waves interfere. Radar information is obtained by taking account of the resulting interference data. In addition, a vehicle apparatus to analyze a vehicle'"'"'s surroundings.
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1. A method to analyze a vehicle environment, comprising:
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arranging a first sensor group, having at least two radar sensors, on a vehicle such that emitted and received radar waves interfere; emitting radar waves to a vehicle environment via the radar sensors; receiving reflected radar waves via the radar sensors to generate interference data indicative of the vehicle environment; and outputting radar information, determined by the interference data, about the vehicle environment from received radar waves. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A vehicle apparatus to analyze an environment, comprising:
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a first sensor array having two radar sensors to emit and receive radar waves arranged such that the waves generate an interference pattern as radar information; a processing unit configured to store environment information including the radar information; and an output unit designed to output the environment information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A vehicle comprising:
a processing unit configured to, in response to radar information derived from an interference pattern of emitted and received radar waves from two radar sensors of a first sensor array being stored as environment information, output the environment information to a display. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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