DE4026489A1 - Radar responsive reflector - for vehicles based on reflecting and non-reflecting pattern of stripes of specified lacquer - Google Patents

Radar responsive reflector - for vehicles based on reflecting and non-reflecting pattern of stripes of specified lacquer

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DE4026489A1
DE4026489A1 DE19904026489 DE4026489A DE4026489A1 DE 4026489 A1 DE4026489 A1 DE 4026489A1 DE 19904026489 DE19904026489 DE 19904026489 DE 4026489 A DE4026489 A DE 4026489A DE 4026489 A1 DE4026489 A1 DE 4026489A1
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Nikolaus Dipl Phys Saridakis
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01QANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q15/00Devices for reflection, refraction, diffraction or polarisation of waves radiated from an antenna, e.g. quasi-optical devices
    • H01Q15/14Reflecting surfaces; Equivalent structures

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Abstract

Checks of the distance from a moving vehicle to the vehicle in front by radar are often falsified by objects near the traffic lines which also reflect the radiation and do not identify that vehicle. It is therefore suggested to replace the reflector by a system of reflecting and non-reflecting strips of bodywork lacquer, arranged in a sequence which is significant for the vehicle concerned. This lacquer can be based on rhodopsin. ADVANTAGE - This type of reflector permits a definite identification of the vehicle.

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Die Erfindung betrifft einen fahrzeugfesten Reflektor gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs.The invention relates to a vehicle-mounted reflector according to the Preamble of the claim.

Beispielsweise im Rahmen der Abstandsmessung zwischen einem vor­ ausfahrenden Fahrzeug und einem Folgefahrzeug ist es bekannt, vom Folgefahrzeug her Radarstrahlung auszusenden, die am voraus­ fahrenden Fahrzeug reflektiert wird; die Zeit zwischen der Aussen­ dung und dem Eintreffen der reflektierten Strahlung am Folgefahrzeug wird zur Ermittlung des Abstands zwischen den beiden Fahrzeugen ausgewertet. Schwierigkeiten treten dann auf, wenn in Fahrbahnnähe sich ebenfalls Radarstrahlung reflektierende Gegenstände befinden, deren Lage bezüglich des Folgefahrzeugs aber uninteressant ist.For example, as part of the distance measurement between a front extending vehicle and a following vehicle it is known to send out radar radiation from the following vehicle, which in advance moving vehicle is reflected; the time between outside and the arrival of the reflected radiation at the following vehicle is used to determine the distance between the two vehicles evaluated. Difficulties arise when close to the road there are also objects reflecting radar radiation, whose location is of no interest with regard to the following vehicle.

Daher ist es auch bereits bekannt geworden, am vorausfahrenden Fahrzeug Einrichtungen vorzusehen, die eine polarisierte Strahlung mit der Harmonischen der Frequenz der vom Folgefahrzeug ausgesen­ deten Strahlung zurücksenden. Entsprechende Einrichtungen sind aber aufwendig.Therefore, it has already become known, in front of the driver Vehicle devices to provide polarized radiation with the harmonic of the frequency emitted by the following vehicle send back radiation. Appropriate facilities are but expensive.

Das Problem kann dadurch verschärft werden, daß nicht nur eine Information über die Existenz bzw. Nichtexistenz eines Fahrzeugs gewünscht wird, sondern auch eine Möglichkeit zur Identifizierung des individuellen Fahrzeug gewünscht ist. Hierzu ist es bekannt, auf dem Fahrzeug optisch lesbare Etiketten anzubringen. Nachteil einer derartigen Lösung ist - außer der Beeinträchtigung des Aus­ sehens des Fahrzeugs - die Unlesbarkeit des Etiketts bei Ver­ schmutzung.The problem can be exacerbated by the fact that not just one Information about the existence or nonexistence of a vehicle is desired, but also a means of identification of the individual vehicle is desired. For this it is known  Attach optically readable labels to the vehicle. disadvantage such a solution is - except for the impairment of the end of the vehicle - the illegibility of the label at Ver dirt.

Der Erfindung liegt mithin die Aufgabe zugrunde, einen gattungs­ gemäßen fahrzeugfesten Reflektor zu schaffen, der mit einfachen Mitteln, insbesondere als rein passiver Reflektor, eine eindeutige Fahrzeugerkennung und/oder -identifizierung erlaubt.The invention is therefore based on the object, a genus to create appropriate vehicle-fixed reflector with simple Means, especially as a purely passive reflector, a clear one Vehicle recognition and / or identification allowed.

Die erfindungsgemäße Lösung dieser Aufgabe besteht in den kenn­ zeichnenden Merkmalen des Patentanspruchs.The inventive solution to this problem consists in the drawing features of the claim.

Geeignet sind Lacke auf Rhodopsinbasis.Lacquers based on rhodopsin are suitable.

Ein Vorteil der Erfindung ist darin zu sehen, daß sie das Aussehen des mit diesem Reflektor ausgerüsteten Fahrzeugs nicht beeinträch­ tigt. Daher und infolge ihrer möglichen Kleinheit können erfindungs­ gemäße Reflektoren auch in verschiedenen Bereichen des Fahrzeugs, insbesondere auch seitlich, vorgesehen sein, so daß mit Sicherheit auch aus verschiedenen Richtungen eine Fahrzeugerkennung und/oder -identifizierung möglich ist.An advantage of the invention is that it has the appearance of the vehicle equipped with this reflector does. Therefore, and due to their possible smallness, fiction appropriate reflectors also in different areas of the vehicle, in particular also on the side, so that with certainty Vehicle detection and / or from different directions -identification is possible.

In dem mit der Radarquelle ausgerüsteten Folgefahrzeug - oder auch in einer ortsfesten Überwachungsstation - muß ein Detektor für das durch die reflektierenden und die nichtreflektierenden Zonen des Reflektors in dem reflektierten Strahl erzeugte Muster vorhanden sein. Eine derartige Mustererkennung, die beispielsweise nach dem Prinzip der Fernsehabtastung arbeiten kann, macht jedoch keine technischen Schwierigkeiten.In the following vehicle equipped with the radar source - or even in a fixed monitoring station - a detector must for that by the reflective and the non-reflective Zones of the reflector create patterns in the reflected beam to be available. Such a pattern recognition, for example can work on the principle of television scanning, however no technical difficulties.

Mithin ist durch die Erfindung ein gattungsgemäßer Reflektor ge­ schaffen, der mit einfachen Mitteln eine eindeutige Fahrzeugerkennung und/oder -identifizierung ermöglicht.Thus, a generic reflector is ge by the invention create a clear vehicle recognition with simple means and / or identification enabled.

Claims (1)

Fahrzeugfester Reflektor für von einer fahrzeugfremden Quelle zur Fahrzeugerkennung und/oder -identifizierung emittierte Ra­ darstrahlung, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Reflektor durch reflektierende und nichtreflektierende Bereiche der Fahrzeuglackie­ rung in fahrzeugsignifikanter Folge gebildet ist.Vehicle-fixed reflector for Ra radiation emitted by a non-vehicle source for vehicle detection and / or identification, characterized in that the reflector is formed by reflecting and non-reflecting areas of the vehicle coating in a vehicle-significant sequence.
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