EP4241458A1 - Vorrichtung zum detektieren von luftschall für automobile anwendungen, verfahren zu deren herstellung und automatisiertes fahrsystem umfassend eine derartige vorrichtung - Google Patents
Vorrichtung zum detektieren von luftschall für automobile anwendungen, verfahren zu deren herstellung und automatisiertes fahrsystem umfassend eine derartige vorrichtungInfo
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Definitions
- Device for detecting airborne noise for automotive applications comprising such a device
- the invention relates to a device for detecting airborne noise for automotive applications, a method for its production and an automated driving system comprising such a device
- DE 10 2016 006 802 A1 discloses a method and a device for detecting at least one special signal emanating from an emergency vehicle.
- the German application with the file number 10 2019 206 331.4 discloses a device for detecting airborne noise for automotive applications, comprising a flow bypass that runs between a protective grille and a first membrane of the device.
- the flow bypass directs fluids and/or foreign bodies that have entered the device away from the first membrane and out of the device due to the air flow.
- a sound channel of the device and the flow bypass are realized by an inflow component.
- the inflow component includes a bulge.
- the bulge includes a hollow space that runs through the axial axis and through which the sound channel is realized.
- the inflow component is brought together with the protective grille in such a way that the flow bypass is realized by a free space between the inflow component and the protective grille. This means that the flow bypass runs between the protective grille and the inflow component.
- the invention was made in view of the finding that the flow bypass causes very high wind noise and when used in a driving system can only be used up to a speed of the driving system of essentially 50 km/h.
- the object of the invention was to provide a device for detecting airborne noise for automotive applications that is improved compared to the prior art to provide, in particular, such a device in which no wind noise dominates even at high speeds of the driving system.
- the device detects airborne noise for automotive applications in which air flows are present between the device and a sound source of the airborne noise.
- the device solves the task through system properties from the specific matching of individual components of the device to one another.
- the device comprises an acoustic sensor as a component.
- the device includes a protective grid to protect the device against the ingress of coarser foreign bodies.
- the protective grille comprises at least one opening for airborne noise to enter the device. The opening is arranged axially offset to an axial axis of the device.
- the device comprises an acoustically permeable, hydrophobic and/or lipophobic first membrane.
- the first membrane is arranged behind the protective grille in the air flow direction in such a way that when water jets enter the opening, the water jet flows past the first membrane and back out of the opening.
- the device also includes a sound channel arranged parallel to the axial axis, at the first end of which, in the air flow direction, the first membrane is arranged and at the second end of which the acoustic sensor is arranged. The sound channel is protected by the first membrane against the effects of moisture and foreign bodies. Compared to the sound channel in the German application with the file number
- the length of the sound channel of the device according to the invention is shortened.
- the length of the sound channel is less than 10 mm, preferably less than 6 mm, particularly preferably less than 3 mm.
- the diameter, length, volume, shape and/or material properties of the sound channel are adapted in such a way that natural modes of the device are greater than 8 KHz, preferably greater than 10 KHz.
- the device also includes a printed circuit board.
- the printed circuit board includes components and their connections for pre-processing analog or digital signals from the acoustic sensor.
- the components are designed for analog or digital signal processing and/or to implement filter functions, phase reversal functions, compressor functions and/or amplifier functions.
- the printed circuit board includes the acoustic sensor on one side of the printed circuit board.
- the acoustic sensor is arranged on the rear side of the printed circuit board in the air flow direction.
- the acoustic sensor has its sound entry opening on the component mounting side of the printed circuit board, and the printed circuit board includes a printed circuit board opening for the sound entry.
- the acoustic sensor is arranged on the front side of the printed circuit board in the air flow direction. In this case, the acoustic sensor has its sound entry opening on the side of the acoustic sensor opposite the component mounting side of the printed circuit board.
- the special feature of the device according to the invention compared to known microphones is the functionality and airborne sound detection and its conversion under difficult environmental and flow conditions that are present in automotive applications. For example, while a driving system is in motion, there is a headwind that is dependent on the speed and thus relative air flows on the device.
- the device according to the invention is characterized by the detection of airborne noise and its conversion in the case of relative air flows. Due to the system properties from the targeted tuning of individual components, the device according to the invention can be used in various environmental conditions, for example with external influences such as rainwater, with flow conditions caused by wind, for example headwind. At the same time, the device according to the invention dampens the external acoustic signal as minimally as possible.
- the environmental conditions result from the use of the acoustic sensor in automotive applications, for example in road traffic.
- the environmental conditions result from the installation locations of the acoustic sensors, which are located on moving and/or stationary objects that are exposed to the weather, so-called open-air objects, for example on vehicles.
- open-air objects for example on vehicles.
- water, water jets, muddy water, snow, ice, dust, salt for example road salt, high and/or low ambient temperatures, high or low humidity and/or higher relative air currents, which are present, for example, when driving a vehicle, Influences under which the acoustic sensor has to function.
- airborne noise can be detected and converted into electrical signals in a temperature range from -50°C to +90°C, for example -30°C to +70°C.
- the device according to the invention is characterized in that the individual components of the device, for example the acoustic sensor, the protective grille, the opening for the airborne sound inlet, i.e. the sound entry opening, the first membrane, and the sound channel, taking airborne and/or structure-borne noise into account , aeroacoustics, flow and fluid dynamics, electronics and mechanics are coordinated.
- the shortened sound channel has the advantage that, according to one aspect of the invention, natural modes of the device are above 8 KHz and are relatively less pronounced, for example only +/-5 dB compared to up to +/-40 dB with a longer sound channel.
- strong resonances are generated at approx. 5 KHz with up to +/- 40 dB, which means that the acoustic signal to be recorded and evaluated can no longer be used in certain cases. The usability of the acoustic signal is thus improved by the shortened sound channel.
- the device represents a housing for the acoustic sensor.
- the term acoustic sensor designates both the acoustic sensor as a component of the device and the entire device.
- An acoustic sensor is a sensor that detects mechanical vibrations, for example caused by airborne sound waves, and converts them into a processable signal, for example an electrical signal such as an electrical voltage.
- the acoustic sensor includes an analog and/or digital signal output. The transformation takes place in two stages. In a first acoustic-mechanical conversion stage, the airborne sound is converted into the movement of an object according to a specific reception principle. In the second mechanical-electrical conversion stage, the movement of the object is converted into an electrical signal according to a specific converter principle.
- Examples of acoustic sensors are an arrangement of a magnet and an electric coil, microphones, accelerometers, piezo sensors or strain gauges.
- a micro-electro-mechanical system, MEMS for short, comprising an arrangement of semiconductor elements that record vibrations, can also be used as an acoustic sensor.
- the protective grille is a grille with a mechanical protective function.
- the protective grille is designed in such a way that coarser foreign bodies, i.e. particles with a diameter of at least 2 mm, for example dirt particles such as mud particles, dust particles, soot particles, grains of salt, stones, insects or other particles contained in the air, do not get into the Device can penetrate.
- the opening for the air inlet is positioned in the protective grille in such a way that no direct jet and/or particle stream acts on the first membrane in the axial direction of the sensor.
- the first membrane is thus mechanically protected by the arrangement and/or geometry of the opening.
- the aperture or apertures are substantially 2mm wide and substantially 5mm long.
- the first membrane is permeable to airborne sound waves. Due to the hydrophobic and/or lipophobic behavior, the sound channel is protected against emissions from moisture and particles, for example.
- the first membrane is Invention of a microporous membrane.
- a membrane with 1.3 ⁇ 10 9 pores/cm 2 is microporous.
- Such a membrane is particularly waterproof and allows protection at least according to IPX4K.
- the first membrane is designed to enable protection according to IP69K.
- the number 6 in IP69K means complete tightness and thus protection against the ingress of solid objects and dust. 9K designates protection against the ingress of water during high-pressure or steam jet cleaning. This is particularly advantageous for protection in automotive applications.
- the degree of protection indicates the suitability of components for different environmental conditions.
- the protected systems are divided into corresponding types of protection, so-called International Protection, abbreviated IP codes.
- IP codes International Protection
- IP6XK offers protection against powerful jets of water under increased pressure, specific to driving systems.
- Air Flow Direction means air flow direction through the device or air flow direction relative to the ride system on which the device is installed.
- the roles of the first end of the sound channel and the second end of the sound channel are reversed when the device is installed at the rear, in which the protective grille is open against the forward direction of travel of the driving system.
- the sound channel is used for the targeted sound guidance of the airborne sound waves to the acoustic sensor.
- the sound channel is acoustically specially dimensioned so that if possible no or only few and weak natural modes are formed in the usable frequency range of the acoustic sensor. This targeted dimensioning is essentially based on the shortened length and diameter, volume and shape.
- the printed circuit board is also called a board or printed circuit board.
- the components of the printed circuit board include, for example, logic modules such as ASICS or FPGAs.
- a component implements a high-pass filter that uses airborne sound waves Allows frequencies greater than 300 Hz to pass.
- the dynamic range of a signal is limited by means of compressor functions.
- the components are, for example, mounted directly on the surface of the printed circuit board, for example soldered, and are also called surface mounted devices, or SMD for short.
- the circuit board opening corresponds to a hole or a through hole on the circuit board for entry of the airborne sound into the acoustic sensor, which is arranged on the rear side of the circuit board in the air flow direction.
- the rear side of the circuit board in the air flow direction is the surface of the circuit board on which the components and the acoustic sensor are arranged.
- the front side of the circuit board in the air flow direction is the surface of the circuit board on which the components and the acoustic sensor are arranged.
- the acoustic sensor includes a microphone, for example a MEMS microphone.
- the microphone includes a microphone capsule and a transducer.
- the acoustic-mechanical conversion takes place in the microphone capsule.
- the microphone capsule includes, for example, a membrane that is excited to vibrate by airborne noise.
- the mechanical-electrical conversion takes place in the converter.
- the transducer is, for example, an electrodynamic transducer, such as in a voice coil microphone, or an electrostatic transducer, such as in a condenser microphone.
- the shape and/or material properties of the protective grille are adapted in order to protect the first membrane, the sound channel and/or the acoustic sensor against flow-dynamic and/or static forces that arise, for example, from headwind or weather.
- the protective grille and the openings of the protective grille are designed to be rotationally symmetrical, for example.
- the protective grille is made of plastic, for example, and is shaped in such a way, ie has such a geometry, as to offer a degree of protection of at least IP6XK. A mechanical protective effect of the device is thus achieved and the acoustic sensor is protected against such influences.
- the protective screen comprises an open-cell material, for example a foam material such as an open-cell polyurethane foam material.
- Wind and/or water absorption can be adjusted by scalable size of pores in the material.
- Foam materials are characterized by a very low density and easy processing and processing. Foams are particularly easy to produce from polyurethane.
- Open-pored polyurethane foam is also called filter foam. Filter foam is particularly good for wind absorption. Filter foam is classified according to pore size/number of pores. The unit used is the number of pores per inch, abbreviated PPI.
- the protective grille includes a filter foam in the range of 10 to 80 PPI.
- the protective grille is an exchangeable protective grille in order to be replaced in the event of coarse soiling without having to replace the entire device.
- the device comprises a housing in which the printed circuit board is arranged.
- the housing protects the printed circuit board and its components from mechanical and/or thermal influences.
- the housing includes fastening means, for example screws, in order to fasten the housing and the device to a control unit or to a driving system.
- the printed circuit board is arranged perpendicularly or parallel to the axial axis of the device.
- the second end of the sound channel is arranged in the radial extension of a lateral surface of the sound channel.
- the acoustic sensor for example the microphone and/or the microphone capsule, is coupled to the sound channel parallel to the axial axis of the device. If the printed circuit board is arranged in parallel, the acoustic sensor is coupled to the sound channel perpendicular to the axial axis of the device, that is to say tangentially. Particularly good signals from the acoustic sensor are obtained with the parallel arrangement.
- the printed circuit board includes a plug connection for connecting the device to an electronic control unit.
- the control unit is designed to localize and/or classify the sound source as a function of the signals from the acoustic sensor.
- the electronic control unit is, for example, a control unit that is exclusively operatively connected to the device. This means that the control unit only receives signals from the acoustic sensor and evaluates them.
- the control unit executes an intelligent algorithm, such as an artificial neural network trained for noise localization and/or classification, for example a convolutional network.
- the evaluated signals are forwarded to further control devices of the driving system, for example ADAS or AD domain ECUs, or to actuators of the driving system via an on-board network of the driving system.
- the device is connected to a CAN bus or an Ethernet bus of the driving system.
- the device comprises an elastic sealing component for coupling the acoustic sensor to the sound channel and/or to the printed circuit board.
- the sealing component compensates for geometric tolerances when assembling the device.
- the elasticity ensures a defined decoupling of the acoustic sensor, including the microphone capsule, and/or the printed circuit board from structure-borne noise. Furthermore, the elasticity ensures an acoustically closed connection between the sound channel and the microphone capsule.
- the device comprises a decoupling component for damping vibrations and/or for decoupling structure-borne noise.
- the decoupling component is arranged at a coupling point between the device and a component in which the device can be installed and/or by which the device can be mechanically held.
- the decoupling component is made of a two-component material that produces an impedance jump that has an acoustic and/or vibration-related effect.
- the two-component material includes a relatively soft, relatively low impedance material and a relatively hard, relatively high impedance material.
- the soft material is arranged in front of the hard material in the air flow direction. The impedance jump is carried out over the entire contact surface of the protective grid and the decoupling component.
- the decoupling component is a molded part, for example.
- the protective grille and the decoupling component form one component.
- the protective grille and the decoupling component are formed from an injection molded part.
- the decoupling component is made from vibration-damping materials of different densities, for example from mixed-cell polyurethane foams.
- the decoupling component has, for example, high mechanical strength and/or good insulating properties. By means of the component, the device is insensitive to vibration and is therefore particularly well suited for automotive applications.
- the device comprises a second membrane for venting the device.
- the second membrane provides static pressure balancing for the device. If the device is arranged on the outside of a driving system when it is used, the airflow generated when driving exerts pressure on the device, for example on the acoustic sensor. The proportional static pressure is compensated by the second membrane. Furthermore, the second membrane prevents the formation of condensate in the device.
- the method according to the invention for producing a device according to the invention comprises the following method steps:
- an acoustic sensor according to the invention is coupled to a printed circuit board according to the invention by means of a sealing component according to the invention,
- the acoustic sensor is coupled by means of the sealing component to a second end of a sound channel according to the invention with a smaller second area of an inflow component according to the invention
- a first membrane according to the invention is arranged at a first end of the sound channel with a larger second area
- the housing for the acoustic sensor obtained according to the previous method steps is used in a component according to the invention, in which the housing can be installed and/or the housing can be mechanically supported by it.
- the acoustic sensor is coupled to the rear side of the printed circuit board in the air flow direction, that is the surface of the printed circuit board on which the electronic components are arranged.
- the printed circuit board is arranged perpendicularly or parallel to the axial axis of the device. With the parallel arrangement of the printed circuit board, the second end of the sound channel is arranged in a radial extension of the outer surface of the sound channel.
- the housing is mounted in a front bumper of the driving system from behind or in a rear bumper from the front relative to a forward driving direction.
- the protective grille and the decoupling component are produced and provided as a molded part, for example as an injection molded part.
- a further aspect of the invention is a device produced by the method according to the invention.
- the method according to the invention it is possible to install the housing, in particular the housing according to the invention, directly in/on the driving system during vehicle manufacture.
- the method advantageously also allows efficient retrofitting of an existing vehicle with the housing according to the invention, in particular with the housing according to the invention, in which the acoustic sensors are integrated.
- the invention thus also provides an assembly of retrofit solutions.
- the housing is pre-assembled according to the process steps and arranged as a finished housing on the driving system.
- the housing is installed in a front bumper of the driving system from behind or in a rear bumper from the front relative to a forward driving direction.
- the automated driving system according to the invention comprises a device according to the invention or an arrangement of several such devices or a device produced according to the method according to the invention.
- a device according to the invention or an arrangement of several such devices or a device produced according to the method according to the invention.
- Device designed in such a way that it can be used in several installation positions on the driving system.
- the device according to the invention or an arrangement of several such devices is arranged in at least one wheel housing of the driving system, preferably in front wheel housings relative to the forward direction of travel, particularly preferably one device in each wheel housing of the driving system. Due to the arrangement in the wheel housing, road-related noises, for example rainwater on the road, are picked up particularly well.
- the device according to the invention or an arrangement of several such devices can be installed in a front bumper and/or a rear bumper of the driving system.
- the driving system includes the devices according to the invention in wheel housings and front and/or rear bumpers of the driving system.
- the device is integrated into an outside of the driving system, for example in wheel housings and/or bumpers, by means of a component according to the invention, in which the device can be installed and/or by which the device can be mechanically held. Furthermore, the device is connected to an ADAS or AD domain ECU of the driving system by means of a plug connection according to the invention.
- a plurality of devices according to the invention are arranged offset to one another, for example in a circular, rectangular or linear manner.
- the arrangement comprises four devices arranged next to one another.
- the driving system is, for example, a car or truck or a people transport system, such as a people mover.
- the driving system includes, for example, technical equipment for self-driving, ie driverless or fully automated, autonomous ferry operation.
- the ADAS, ie advanced driver assistance system, or the AD, ie autonomous driving, Domain ECU, ie electronic control unit uses environment detection sensors True vehicle environment, derives a trajectory planning from it and determines appropriate control signals that are provided vehicle actuators to regulate the longitudinal and / or lateral guidance of the driving system.
- the acoustic sensor of the device according to the invention is an example of an environment detection sensor.
- Other environment detection sensors are, for example, optical sensors, such as a camera or lidar, or radar sensors.
- the signals from the acoustic sensor are merged with signals from other environment detection sensors in order to localize and/or classify objects in road traffic.
- the component includes attachment means to attach the device to the driving system.
- the device is installed relative to the forward driving direction from behind in the front bumper of the driving system or from the front in the rear bumper or in front and/or rear wheel housings.
- the device can thus be retrofitted to existing road vehicles as a retrofit solution.
- the device is permanently installed on the outside of the driving system, for example in its body.
- a first arrangement of the devices is in a front left area of the driving system
- a second arrangement of the devices is in a front right area of the driving system
- a third arrangement of the devices is in a rear left area of the driving system
- a fourth Arrangement of the devices arranged in a rear right area of the driving system for example on bumpers and/or in wheel housings.
- the arrangement corresponds to a specific positioning.
- This four-array arrangement enables 360° detection of ambient noise.
- the arrangements each include four devices arranged next to one another.
- the device is integrated into a static object of a traffic infrastructure, for example in a traffic light pole or a building, by means of the component according to the invention, into which the device can be installed and/or mechanically supported by the device.
- a traffic infrastructure for example in a traffic light pole or a building
- the component according to the invention into which the device can be installed and/or mechanically supported by the device.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a device according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 shows a first sectional view of the exemplary embodiment from FIG. 1 ,
- FIG. 3 shows a second sectional view of the exemplary embodiment from FIG.
- FIG. 5 shows an exemplary embodiment of an outside of the driving system from FIG. 4 and
- FIG. 6 shows an exemplary embodiment of a method according to the invention.
- a printed circuit board L is arranged perpendicular to an axial axis A of the device AKS.
- the device AKS comprises a component B.
- the component B holds the device AKS in an outer side K of a driving system F, see FIGS. 4 and 5.
- the component B is, for example, an injection molded part or one produced by an additive method, for example 3D printing -Process, manufactured component.
- the outside K of the driving system F is, for example, part of a body of the driving system F, for example a bumper.
- the bumper is a front bumper or a rear bumper.
- the component B includes a circular opening.
- a protective grid 2 according to the invention is inserted into this opening.
- the protective grid 2 is coupled to the component B by means of a decoupling component 11 according to the invention, see FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.
- the protective grille 2 and the decoupling component 11 are made from an injection molded part.
- the protective grille 2 comprises four symmetrically arranged slit-shaped openings, of which three openings 3a, 3b, 3c are shown.
- the openings 3a, 3b, 3c are entry openings for airborne sound waves in the device AKS.
- the airborne sound waves enter the AKS device in the air flow direction R.
- the openings 3a, 3b, 3c are arranged axially offset to an axial axis A of the device AKS.
- the airborne sound waves are guided to an acoustic sensor 1 through a sound channel 7 .
- the acoustic sensor 1 is arranged on the rear side of the printed circuit board L in the direction of air flow R, that is, the surface of the printed circuit board L fitted with the electronic components.
- a first membrane 5 according to the invention is arranged at the first end E1 of the sound channel 7 .
- the acoustic sensor 1 is arranged as an extension of the second end E2 of the sound channel 7 .
- the acoustic sensor 1 is an electro-acoustic sensor, for example a microphone.
- the acoustic sensor 1 is a MEMS microphone. 1, 2 and 3 each show a microphone capsule.
- the acoustic sensor 1 is coupled to the sound channel 7 and to a printed circuit board L by means of a sealing component 10 .
- the printed circuit board L is arranged in a housing G.
- the housing G is an electronics housing.
- the printed circuit board L includes components and their connections for the pre-processing of analog or digital signals from the acoustic sensor 1 .
- the printed circuit board L includes plug connections S in order to connect the printed circuit board L and thus the device AKS to an electronic control unit in terms of signaling.
- the housing G includes a second membrane 12 designed as a ventilation membrane for static pressure equalization of the housing G and to prevent the formation of condensate in the housing G.
- the housing G also includes fastening means, for example screws.
- the sound channel 7 has a second length L2 of 2.700 mm, for example.
- the second length L2 of 2,700 mm results as a minimum if a certain housing wall thickness and tolerances when installing the printed circuit board L and the concept with the component B and the protective grid 2 are retained. In principle, smaller second lengths L2 are possible.
- the diameter D of the sound channel 7 is a maximum of 3.915 mm, for example. Within the scope of the invention, diameters D are less than 3.915 mm.
- FIG. 4 shows a passenger car as an example of a driving system F.
- the device AKS according to the invention is integrated into an outside K of the driving system F, for example into a bumper.
- the AKS device is held in the bumper by means of the component B, see FIG. 5.
- one of the AKS devices according to the invention is arranged in each of the two front wheel housings RK.
- FIG. 6 shows an example sequence of a method according to the invention. Another aspect of the invention is a different order of the individual method steps, for example V5, V4, V3, V2, and V1.
- a method step V1 the acoustic sensor 1 is coupled to the circuit board L by means of the sealing component 10 .
- the acoustic sensor 1 is coupled by means of the sealing component 10 to the second end E2 of the sound channel 7 with a smaller second area.
- the first membrane 5 is arranged at the first end E1 of the sound channel 7 with a larger second area.
- the protective grid 2 is inserted into the decoupling component 11 in a method step V4.
- the housing obtained in this way ie the device AKS, is inserted into the component B, in which the housing can be installed and/or the housing can be mechanically held by it. reference sign
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