Sensor cluster device and vehicle including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11513210-B2
Application number	US-201916726905-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 25, 2019
Priority date	Oct 25, 2019
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

A sensor cluster device including a radar sensor configured to receive electromagnetic waves reflected from an object so as to acquire information on the object, a lidar sensor configured to receive laser beams reflected from the object so as to acquire information on the object, a camera sensor configured to acquire information from an image in which surroundings of the object are captured, an infrared sensor that detects heat radiated from peripheral objects in the surroundings of the object to observe the object and the peripheral objects, a body member having a front surface on which the radar sensor, the lidar sensor, the camera sensor, and the infrared sensor are installed, and a heat dissipation member configured to discharge heat, which is transferred to the body member, to the outside.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sensor cluster device comprising:
a radar sensor configured to emit electromagnetic waves onto an object and receive the electromagnetic waves reflected from the object so as to acquire information on the object;
a lidar sensor configured to emit laser beams onto the object and receive the laser beams reflected from the object so as to acquire information on the object;
a camera sensor configured to capture an image of surroundings of the object and acquire information from the captured image;
an infrared sensor configured to detect heat radiated from peripheral objects in the surroundings of the object to observe the object and the peripheral objects;
a body member having a front surface on which the radar sensor, the lidar sensor, the camera sensor, and the infrared sensor are installed;
a heat dissipation member configured to discharge heat, which is transferred from the radar sensor, the lidar sensor, the camera sensor, and the infrared sensor to the body member, to the outside; and
a partition wall member configured to thermally isolate the radar sensor, the lidar sensor, the camera sensor, and the infrared sensor, which are provided on the body member, from each other,
wherein the partition wall member is made of a heat dissipation material.

2. The sensor cluster device of claim 1 , wherein the heat dissipation member comprises a heat dissipation part provided on a rear surface of the body member and a heat dissipation fan coupled to the heat dissipation part.

3. The sensor cluster device of claim 2 , wherein the heat dissipation part comprises a plurality of main heat dissipation fins provided on a central portion of the rear surface of the body member.

4. The sensor cluster device of claim 3 , wherein the heat dissipation part further comprises a plurality of auxiliary heat dissipation fins provided on an edge of the rear surface of the body member.

5. The sensor cluster device of claim 4 , wherein the main heat dissipation fin and the auxiliary heat dissipation fins are integrated with each other on the rear surface of the body member.

6. The sensor cluster device of claim 3 , wherein:
each of the main heat dissipation fins comprises a body having a horizontal plate shape and a blade extending diagonally from both sides of the body; and
the heat dissipation fan is coupled over the body and the blades so as to blow air into a space between the body and the blades.

7. The sensor cluster device of claim 1 , wherein the body member is made of a heat dissipation material.

8. The sensor cluster device of claim 1 , wherein the partition wall member comprises a single horizontal partition wall configured to isolate the radar sensor and the lidar sensor from the camera sensor and the infrared radar.

9. The sensor cluster device of claim 8 , wherein:
two upper vertical partition walls are provided over the single horizontal partition wall; and
the camera sensor is positioned between the two upper vertical partition walls, and the infrared sensor is positioned on each of two areas outside the two upper vertical partition walls.

10. The sensor cluster device of claim 8 , wherein:
two lower vertical partition walls are provided below the single horizontal partition wall; and
the radar sensor is positioned between the two lower vertical partition walls, and the lidar sensor is positioned on each of two areas outside the two lower vertical partition walls.

11. The sensor cluster device of claim 10 , wherein the horizontal partition wall, the upper vertical partition walls, and the lower vertical partition walls are integrated with each other on the body member.

12. The sensor cluster device of claim 2 , further comprising a cover member that accommodates the body member on which the radar sensor, the lidar sensor, the camera sensor, and the infrared sensor are installed,
wherein the cover member comprises:
a case in which an accommodation space with one opened surface is provided to accommodate the body member on which the radar sensor, the lidar sensor, the camera sensor, and the infrared sensor are installed; and
a cover which is coupled to the one opened surface of the case.

13. The sensor cluster device of claim 12 , wherein a plurality of punched holes are defined in a surface of the case that corresponds to the heat dissipation fan.

14. A vehicle comprising:
the sensor cluster device of claim 1 ; and
a vehicle body on which the at least one sensor cluster device is installed.

15. A sensor cluster device comprising:
a radar sensor configured to emit electromagnetic waves onto an object and receive the electromagnetic waves reflected from the object so as to acquire information on the object;
a lidar sensor configured to emit laser beams onto the object and receive the laser beams reflected from the object so as to acquire information on the object;
a camera sensor configured to capture an image of surroundings of the object and acquire information from the captured image;
an infrared sensor configured to detect heat radiated from peripheral objects in the surroundings of the object to observe the object and the peripheral objects;
a body member having a front surface on which the radar sensor, the lidar sensor, the camera sensor, and the infrared sensor are installed; and
a heat dissipation member configured to discharge heat, which is transferred from the radar sensor, the lidar sensor, the camera sensor, and the infrared sensor to the body member, to the outside,
wherein:
the heat dissipation part comprises a plurality of main heat dissipation fins provided on a central portion of the rear surface of the body member; and
a speed of the heat dissipation fan is adjusted through weather measured by the camera sensor and a temperature measured by the infrared sensor.

Assignees

• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chun Jun Su
• Roh Hee Chang

Classifications

• G01S13/931

  of land vehicles · CPC title

• G01S13/867 Primary

  Combination of radar systems with cameras · CPC title

• G01S17/86

  Combinations of lidar systems with systems other than lidar, radar or sonar, e.g. with direction finders · CPC title

• F28F3/02

  Elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with recesses, with corrugations (F28F3/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H05K7/20209

  Thermal management, e.g. fan control · CPC title