Ultrasonic system and method for determining the location of a driver of a vehicle
AssigneeAUMOVIO Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
InventorChristopher Brown
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Abstract
An ultrasonic system for determining the location of a driver of a vehicle, includes a hand-held device with at least a first ultrasonic sensor, wherein the first ultrasonic sensor has at least one transmitter, and a motor vehicle having a multiplicity of second ultrasonic sensors, wherein the second ultrasonic sensors each have at least one receiver for receiving signals of the first ultrasonic sensor. A method is disclosed for determining the location of a driver of a vehicle.
Claims19
An ultrasonic system for determining a location of a driver of a vehicle, comprising a hand-held device with at least a first ultrasonic sensor, wherein the first ultrasonic sensor has at least one transmitter, and a motor vehicle having a multiplicity of second ultrasonic sensors, wherein each of the second ultrasonic sensors has at least two receiver channels with a first receiver channel of the at least two receiver channels being configured to receive for processing the signals of the first ultrasonic sensor and a second receiver channel of the at least two receive channels being configured to receive for processing signals other than the signals of the first ultrasonic sensor, wherein the ultrasonic system further comprises a processor associated with the second ultrasonic sensors which processes the received ultrasonic signals, determines the position of the hand-held device relative to the vehicle based upon the processing, and determines a distance between the hand-held device and the vehicle based upon the position of the hand-held device, wherein an operation of the vehicle for at least one of pulling into or out of a parking space is activated based upon the position of the hand-held device relative to the vehicle, and wherein the operation of the vehicle for pulling into or pulling out of the parking space is interrupted before completion of the operation of the vehicle as soon as the determined distance exceeds a predetermined distance.
A method for determining the location of a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
- —transmitting of ultrasonic signals by at least a first ultrasonic sensor which is arranged on a hand-held device, —receiving the ultrasonic signals by a multiplicity of second ultrasonic sensors arranged on a vehicle, —processing the received ultrasonic signals and determining a position of the hand-held device with respect to the vehicle based upon the processing, wherein each of the second ultrasonic sensors has at least two receiver channels with a first receiver channel of the at least two receiver channels being configured to receive for the processing the ultrasonic signals of the first ultrasonic sensor and a second receiver channel of the at least two receive channels being configured to receive for processing ultrasonic signals other than the signals of the first ultrasonic sensor, wherein an operation of the vehicle for at least one of pulling into or out of a parking space is activated based upon the position of the hand-held device, and wherein the operation for at least one of pulling into or pulling out of a parking space is interrupted before completion of the operation of the vehicle as soon as it is established that a specific distance between the hand-held device and the vehicle has been exceeded.
An ultrasonic system for determining a location of a vehicle driver, comprising a hand-held device with at least a first ultrasonic sensor, wherein the first ultrasonic sensor has at least one transmitter, and a plurality of second ultrasonic sensors configured for mounting to a vehicle, wherein each of the second ultrasonic sensors has at least two receiver channels with a first receiver channel of the at least two receiver channels being configured to receive for processing the signals of the first ultrasonic sensor and a second receiver channel of the at least two receive channels being configured to receive for processing signals other than the signals of the first ultrasonic sensor, wherein the ultrasonic system further comprises a processor associated with the second ultrasonic sensors which processes the received ultrasonic signals of the first ultrasonic sensor, determines the position of the hand-held device relative to the vehicle based upon the processing, and determines the distance between the hand-held device and the vehicle based upon the position of the hand-held device, wherein an operation of the vehicle for at least one of pulling into or out of a parking space is activated based upon the position of the hand-held device relative to the vehicle, and wherein the operation of the vehicle for pulling into or pulling out of the parking space is interrupted before completion of the operation of the vehicle as soon as the determined distance exceeds a predetermined distance.
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