Radar Mounting Estimation with Unstructured Data

A vehicle comprising:

• a radar unit configured to:
• transmit a plurality of radar signals, from a plurality of different locations of a vehicle, and
• receive a plurality of reflection signals, wherein each reflection signal is associated with one of the transmitted radar signals;
• a mounting plate configured to couple the radar unit to a mounting structure on the vehicle;
• and
• a computational unit configured to perform operations comprising:
• determine at least one stationary object that caused a reflection in the plurality of radar signals;
• based on the determined stationary object, determine an offset for the radar unit;
• operate the radar unit based on the determined offset;
• and
• control the vehicle based on the radar unit being operated with the determined offset.

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• causing the transmission a plurality of radar signals from a plurality of different locations by a radar unit of a vehicle;
• causing the reception of a plurality of reflection signals, wherein each reflection signal is associated with one of the transmitted radar signals;
• determining at least one stationary object that caused reflection in the plurality of reflection signals;
• based on the determined stationary object, determining an offset for the radar unit;
• operating the radar unit based on the determined offset;
• and
• controlling an autonomous vehicle based on the radar unit being operated with the determined offset.