Vehicle sensor with integrated radar and image sensors

A sensing system of a vehicle, said sensing system comprising:

• a sensor module disposed at a vehicle equipped with said sensing system;
• wherein said sensor module comprises a sensor package that houses in a common housing (i) a first radar sensor disposed in the common housing and having a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of receiving antennas disposed at a first substrate, (ii) a second radar sensor disposed in the common housing and having a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of receiving antennas disposed at a second substrate, and (iii) a camera disposed in the common housing between said first radar sensor and said second radar sensor;
• wherein the transmitting and receiving antennas of said first radar sensor are oriented in a first orientation at the first substrate;
• wherein the transmitting and receiving antennas of said second radar sensor are oriented in a second orientation at the second substrate;
• wherein the first orientation is different than the second orientation by rotation of said first radar sensor relative to said second radar sensor about a first axis perpendicular to the first substrate;
• wherein said first radar sensor is rotated by a selected angle relative to said camera about the first axis in a clockwise direction when viewing the first substrate, and wherein said second radar sensor is rotated by the selected angle relative to said camera about a second axis perpendicular to the second substrate in a counter-clockwise direction when viewing the second substrate;
• wherein said first radar sensor has a first field of sensing exterior the equipped vehicle, and wherein said second radar sensor has a second field of sensing exterior the equipped vehicle, and wherein said camera has a field of view exterior the equipped vehicle;
• wherein the first field of sensing of said first radar sensor is encompassed by a portion of the field of view of said camera, and wherein the second field of sensing of said second radar sensor is encompassed by another portion of the field of view of said camera;
• a control, wherein outputs of said first and second radar sensors and said camera are communicated to said control;
• wherein said control comprises a processor that processes the outputs;
• wherein said control, responsive to processing of the outputs of said first and second radar sensors, detects the presence of an object exterior the vehicle and within the field of sensing of at least one of said first radar sensor and said second radar sensor;
• and
• wherein said control, responsive to detection of the presence of an object via processing of the outputs of said first and second radar sensors, processes the output of said camera to classify the detected object.