This disclosure generally relates to (1) a pavement marker in which is embedded a radar-reflective dihedral corner reflector or other suitably oriented directional reflector that can reflect a radar signal; (2) arrangements of radar-reflective pavement markers on a driving surface; (3) methods for making such pavement markers and for installing them on a driving surface; (4) a radar transceiver on or in a vehicle for sensing the radar-reflective pavement markers and measuring distances from the vehicle to the markers; (5) a vehicle equipped with such a radar transceiver; and (6) methods for controlling or assisting with lateral steering or positioning of a vehicle on a driving surface, such as a road or a lane of a road, based on detection of radar-reflective pavement markers on the driving surface, such as along or near boundaries of the road or the lane.
RADAR-BASED VEHICLE GUIDANCE USING RADAR REFLECTORS EMBEDDED IN PAVEMENT MARKERS ON A DRIVING SURFACE
RADARBASIERTE FAHRZEUGFÜHRUNG MIT IN FAHRBAHNMARKIERUNGEN AUF EINER FAHRFLÄCHE EINGEBETTETEN RADARREFLEKTOREN
GUIDAGE DE VÉHICULE PAR RADAR UTILISANT DES RÉFLECTEURS RADAR INTÉGRÉS DANS DES MARQUEURS DE CHAUSSÉE SUR UNE CHAUSSÉE
2025-06-11
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | E01C Bau von Straßen, Sportplätzen oder dgl., Decken dafür , CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / E01F ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE , Zusätzliche Baumaßnahmen, wie die Ausstattung von Straßen oder die bauliche Ausbildung von Bahnsteigen, Landeplätzen für Hubschrauber, Wegweisern, Schneezäunen oder dgl. / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / G02B Optische Elemente, Systeme oder Geräte , OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / G06K Erkennen von Daten , RECOGNITION OF DATA |
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