Vehicle-mounted radar calibration device and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11175381-B2
Application number	US-202016910750-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2020
Priority date	Dec 25, 2017
Publication date	Nov 16, 2021
Grant date	Nov 16, 2021

Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical field of vehicle maintenance and device calibration, and discloses a vehicle-mounted radar calibration device and method. The vehicle-mounted radar calibration device includes a bracket apparatus and a radar calibration component. The radar calibration component is configured to be installed on the bracket apparatus and includes a base board. After calibration on the vertical plane of the base board is completed, the radar calibration component is configured to reflect a radar wave, emitted by a vehicle-mounted radar of a to-be-calibrated vehicle, to the vehicle-mounted radar, to calibrate the vehicle-mounted radar. In the present invention, after the vertical plane of the base board is calibrated, the radar calibration component is used to reflect the radar wave emitted by the vehicle-mounted radar to the vehicle-mounted radar.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle-mounted radar calibration device, comprising:
a bracket apparatus;
a radar calibration component, configured to be installed on the bracket apparatus, wherein the radar calibration component comprises a base board and the radar calibration component is configured to reflect a radar wave, emitted by a vehicle-mounted radar of a to-be-calibrated vehicle, to the vehicle-mounted radar after calibration on the vertical plane of the base board is completed, to calibrate the vehicle-mounted radar;
wherein the radar calibration component comprises the base board and angle adjustment assemblies, the angle adjustment assemblies are configured to adjust the base board, so that the base board can stay in at least two positions and therefore the radar calibration component reflects the radar wave emitted by the vehicle-mounted radar to the vehicle-mounted radar in the at least two positions; wherein:
the radar calibration component further comprises mounting brackets, an adjustment bracket and an adjustment rod;
the adjustment bracket is hinged to the adjustment rod;
each angle adjustment assembly comprises a cam disc wherein the cam disc is provided with a cam groove, the cam groove is provided with at least two positioning holes at the bottom wall and the cam disc is sleeved on the adjustment rod; and
each mounting bracket is provided with a convex column, which is accommodated in the cam groove and can slide in the cam groove and be inserted into any of the at least two positioning holes.

2. The vehicle-mounted radar calibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the cam groove comprises at least three arcs with different curvatures and the arcs with different curvatures are connected in descending order of curvatures.

3. The vehicle-mounted radar calibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the angle adjustment assembly further comprises a cam spring plate, the cam spring plate is fixedly installed in the cam groove, the cam spring plate) comprises at least three through holes and each of a first positioning hole, a second positioning hole and a third positioning hole is aligned with a corresponding through hole; and
the convex column is abutted against the cam spring plate, wherein when the convex column slides in the cam groove, sliding friction occurs between the convex column and the cam spring plate.

4. The vehicle-mounted radar calibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the angle adjustment assembly further comprises a first clasping piece, a second clasping piece, and pins;
the first clasping piece is fixedly installed on the cam disc;
the adjustment rod is clasped between the first clasping piece and the second clasping piece; and
one end of each pin penetrates through the first clasping piece and is fixed on the second clasping piece, locking the first clasping piece into the second clasping piece, so that the adjustment rod is clasped between the first clasping piece and the second clasping piece and the angle adjustment assembly can rotate with the adjustment rod.

5. The vehicle-mounted radar calibration device according to claim 1 , wherein
each mounting bracket comprises at least one first mounting protrusion and at least one second mounting protrusion;
the adjustment bracket comprises at least one first mounting lug and at least one second mounting lug;
the at least one first mounting protrusion and the at least one first mounting lug are separately sleeved on a fixed rotating shaft, so that the mounting brackets are hinged to the adjustment bracket through the fixed rotating shaft;
there is at least one angle adjustment assembly;
each second mounting protrusion is provided with one convex column, which is accommodated in a cam groove of a corresponding cam disc; and
the adjustment rod passes through the at least one second mounting lug and the cam disc of the at least one angle adjustment assembly.

6. The vehicle-mounted radar calibration device according to claim 1 , wherein there are two mounting brackets, which are disposed in parallel at a preset interval and each mounting bracket comprises a first mounting protrusion and a second mounting protrusion;
the adjustment bracket comprises two first mounting lugs and two second mounting lugs;
the two first mounting protrusions and the two first mounting lugs are separately sleeved on the fixed rotating shaft, so that the mounting brackets are hinged to the adjustment bracket through the fixed rotating shaft;
the adjustment rod sequentially passes through one second mounting lug, two cam discs and the other second mounting lug; and
each of the second mounting protrusions is provided with a convex column.

7. The vehicle-mounted radar calibration device according to claim 6 , wherein two convex columns of the two second mounting protrusions are disposed along a same straight line and opposite to each other.

8. The vehicle-mounted radar calibration device according to claim 1 , wherein
the radar calibration component comprises the fixed rotating shaft wherein when the calibration on the vertical plane of the base board is completed, the central axis of the fixed rotating shaft is perpendicular to the central axis plane of the to-be-calibrated vehicle;
the base board can rotate around the central axis of the fixed rotating shaft and stay at least in a first position, a second position and a third position;
when the base board stays in the first position, the base board is vertically disposed;
when the base board stays in the second position, the base board is at an angle to the vertical direction; and
when the base board stays in the third position, the base board is at the angle to the vertical direction;
wherein the base board in the second position and the base board in the third position are symmetrical relative to the base board in the first position; and
the angle is less than an allowable angle deviation value of the vehicle-mounted radar.

9. The vehicle-mounted radar calibration device according to claim 8 , wherein the diaphragm is provided with a strip-shaped diaphragm groove configured to control the laser beam emitted by the laser to penetrate through the strip-shaped diaphragm groove.

10. The vehicle-mounted radar calibration device according to claim 9 , wherein the diaphragm comprises a fixing base and a sliding diaphragm, the sliding diaphragm is provided with the diaphragm groove and the sliding diaphragm is installed on the fixing base and can adjust the position of the sliding diaphragm relative to the fixing base.

11. The vehicle-mounted radar calibration device according to claim 10 , wherein the fixing base comprises a base, a fixing bracket and a locking handle;
one end of the fixing bracket is installed on the base, the fixing bracket is strip-shaped and the locking handle is installed on the fixing bracket;
the sliding diaphragm comprises a diaphragm portion and a sliding groove portion; and
the diaphragm portion is plate-shaped and provided with the diaphragm groove, the sliding groove portion is installed to the diaphragm portion, the sliding groove portion is strip-shaped and movably sleeved on the fixing bracket, the sliding groove portion is provided with a strip-shaped groove and the locking handle runs through the strip-shaped groove and is configured to fix the sliding diaphragm onto the fixing base.

12. The vehicle-mounted radar calibration device according to claim 1 , comprising:
a laser, installed in the to-be-calibrated vehicle and configured to emit a laser beam to the base board; and
a diaphragm, configured to control the laser beam emitted by the laser to penetrate through the diaphragm, wherein the b

Assignees

• Autel Intelligent Tech Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Xiaolong
• Qiu Longxue
• CHEN Jin
• Tang Xinguang

Classifications

• G01S13/931

  of land vehicles · CPC title

• F16M11/24

  changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, {e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each other}(F16M11/42 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16M11/10

  around a horizontal axis {(F16M11/12 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G01S7/027

  Constructional details of housings, e.g. form, type, material or ruggedness · CPC title

• G01S7/4086

  in a calibrating environment, e.g. anechoic chamber · CPC title