Sensor position control apparatus and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9863793-B2
Application number	US-201314095534-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2013
Priority date	Dec 14, 2012
Publication date	Jan 9, 2018
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018

Abstract

A sensor position control apparatus and method that includes a guide rail formed to be elongated along one direction set to a longitudinal direction thereof and a position control unit coupled to the guide rail and configured to slide along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. A sensor mount unit is connected to be moved together with the position control unit and has a sensor mounted on one surface thereof. In addition, an angle control unit is configured to change a direction which one surface of the sensor mounting unit faces and a position control driving unit is configured to transmit power to the position control unit. An angle control driving unit is configured to transmit power to the angle control unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sensor position control apparatus comprising:
a guide rail formed to be elongated along one direction set to a longitudinal direction thereof;
a position control unit coupled to the guide rail and configured to slide along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail;
a sensor mount unit connected to be moved together with the position control unit and having a sensor mounted on one surface thereof;
an angle control unit configured to change a direction that one surface of the sensor mount unit having the sensor mounted thereon faces;
a position control driving unit configured to transmit power to the position control unit; and
an angle control driving unit configured to transmit power to the angle control unit,
wherein the sensor mounting unit includes:
a ball formed in a spherical shape;
a sensor mounting plate formed at one end of the ball and having a plate shape including one surface on which the sensor is mounted; and
a protrusion that protrudes from the ball, and

wherein the angle control unit is configured to move the protrusion to roll the ball, and
wherein the angle control driving unit includes:
a motor; and
a guide bar where one end thereof is connected to the motor to be rotated in a circumferential direction by the motor, and

wherein the angle control unit includes:
an angle control bar having two parallel bars;
operating units formed or disposed at both ends of the angle control bar; and
an aperture formed at each operating unit such that the guide bar penetrates the operating unit by being inserted thereinto.

2. The sensor position control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is formed in the opposite direction of the sensor mounting plate.

3. The sensor position control apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a ball housing unit disposed over the position control unit and formed to house the ball.

4. The sensor position control apparatus of claim 3 , wherein:
the ball is inserted into the ball housing unit to be rolled.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jaehyun

Classifications

• G01D18/00

  Testing or calibrating apparatus or arrangements provided for in groups G01D1/00 - G01D15/00 · CPC title

• G01D11/30 Primary

  Supports specially adapted for an instrument; Supports specially adapted for a set of instruments · CPC title

• G01D1/00

  Measuring arrangements giving results other than momentary value of variable, of general application (G01D3/00 takes precedence; in tariff metering apparatus G01D4/00; transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable G01D5/00) · CPC title

• G01B7/30 Primary

  for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes · CPC title

• B62D65/00

  Designing, manufacturing, e.g. assembling, facilitating disassembly, or structurally modifying motor vehicles or trailers, not otherwise provided for · CPC title