Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a scanning system for determining enhanced placement of an antenna within an environment. The scanning system includes a sensor system configured to emit an optical signal pulse to a surrounding environment of the scanning system and receive one or more returning optical signal pulses reflected from one or more reflective objects in the surrounding environment. The sensor system obtains a plurality of sensor data slices along a first direction from the one or more returning optical signal pulses. Each of the sensor data slices corresponds to a different position of the scanning system along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The scanning system also includes a perception module communicably coupled to the sensor system and configured to generate mapping information of the identified one or more reflective objects in the scene with one or more trained neural networks in the perception module.

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to an apparatus for attenuation control of a radar signal in a vehicle. The apparatus includes an attenuation control mechanism having at least one property to reduce distortion of a radar signal transmission positioned on a surface of the vehicle, and radiating elements proximate the attenuation control mechanism enabling radiation beams to propagate with reduced distortion.

Abstract: An inductive system for vehicle information capture, having a radar module adapted to identify an echo signal having an amplitude over a threshold value, an interrogator module coupled to the radar module and adapted to initiate a radio frequency identification (RFID) information exchange when the amplitude is over the threshold value, a processor coupled to the radar module and the interrogator module, and a memory storage unit adapted to store RFID information. Examples disclosed herein provide methods and apparatus for vehicle sensors and vehicle identification.