Positional adjustable sensor for a motor vehicle such as a camera or RADAR system has additional light source to provide a reference beam for orienting the sensor

• Main Authors: MEHR, WILFRIED, SCHANZ, HOLGER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; German
• Published: 31.08.2006
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS; ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING ORSUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES INGENERAL; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; ELECTRICITY; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS; MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

A positional-adjustable sensor (1) for a motor vehicle comprises an additional light source (3) capable of producing a reference beam (11) that is either within the sensor or at a defined fixed point from it and can be activated in order to orient and position the sensor. Preferably the reference beam is visible, the sensor radiation is not visible and the light source is an LED. An independent claim is also included for a method of adjusting the sensor as above. Es wurde ein Sensor für ein Kraftfahrzeug vorgestellt, der verstellbar am Kraftfahrzeug bestigt ist, zusätzlich ist eine Lichtquelle in einer fest definierten Position zum oder im Sensor vorgesehen, die einen Referenzstrahl im sichtbaren Spektralbereich emittiert, zur Ausrichtung des Sensors aktiviert ist.