METHOD AND BEAM SENSOR MODULE FOR DETERMINING THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD AHEAD IN A VEHICLE

• Main Authors: MENZEL MARC, HARTMANN BERND, SCHRAEBLER SIGHARD, MAGNUSSON HANS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 23.10.2015
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

본 발명은, 차량 전방에 도로의 상태를 결정하는 방법으로서, 본 방법에 따르면 상기 도로 표면(113)을 센서 빔(106, 106')으로 조명하고 상기 센서 빔(106, 106 ')이 상기 도로 표면(113)의 상태에 따라 반사되고 흡수되어 상기 반사된 센서 빔(115)에 기초하여 상기 도로의 상태를 결정하는 방법에 관한 것이다. 상기 방법은 주행 방향으로 차량 전방에 있는 도로 표면(113)이 조명되는 것을 특징으로 한다. 또한 본 발명은 대응하는 빔 센서 모듈에 관한 것이다. A method for determining the condition of the road ahead in a vehicle, according to which method the road surface is illuminated with sensor beams the sensor beams being reflected and absorbed in accordance with the condition of the road surface and the condition of the road being determined on the basis of the reflected sensor beams. The method is characterized in that the road surface in front of the vehicle in the direction of travel is illuminated. The invention also relates to a corresponding beam sensor module.