Abstract: A battery fire prevention and diagnosis system in accordance with the present invention comprises: a high frequency current transformer (HFCT) installed to at least one of a ground wire, a positive wire, or a negative wire of a battery system; a data acquiring unit for receiving high frequency current signals measured from the HFCT; noise/defect cause database including on-site noise data related to a site in operation, and data on causes of defects; and a diagnosis unit for determining abnormality of the battery system, and a cause of a defect based on high frequency signal data acquired from the data acquiring unit, and the on-site noise data and the data on causes of defects in the noise/defect cause database.

Abstract: A battery fire prevention and diagnosis system in accordance with the present invention comprises: an ultra-high frequency (UHF) sensor for measuring radiated electromagnetic wave installed inside or outside a battery system; a data acquiring unit for receiving the radiated electromagnetic wave signals measured from the UHF sensor; noise/defect cause database including on-site noise data related to a site in operation, and data on causes of defects; and a diagnosis unit for determining abnormality of the battery system, and a cause of a defect based on the radiated electromagnetic wave signal data acquired from the data acquiring unit, and the on-site noise data and the data on causes of defects in the noise/defect cause database.

Abstract: An automotive sensor integration module including a plurality of sensors which differ in at least one of a sensing period or an output data format, and a signal processing unit, which simultaneously outputs, as sensing data, pieces of detection data respectively output from the plurality of sensors on the basis of the sensing period of any one of the plurality of sensors, determines whether each region of an outer cover corresponding to a location of each of the plurality of sensors is contaminated on the basis of the pieces of detection data, and outputs a determination result as contamination data.

Abstract: Provided is a lidar sensor having a driving motor of which the entire portion is covered under an inclined surface of a scan mirror having an opened bottom surface and an A-shaped cross-section. A rotating shaft of the driving motor may be connected to the bottom of a backing surface disposed under the inclined surface, a magnet may be disposed at the bottom of one or more of the backing surface and a support surface which are connected to the inclined surface of the scan mirror, and a hall sensor may be disposed at the bottom surface of the lidar sensor corresponding to the position where the magnet is disposed.

Abstract: A LIDAR sensor apparatus and a control method thereof. The LIDAR sensor apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit a laser, first and second receivers each configured to receive a reflected signal reflected from an object after the laser is transmitted through the transmitter, a control unit configured to calculate first and second distances by performing signal processing on first and second signals received from the first and second receivers after the laser is transmitted through the transmitter, and to calculate an intermediate distance by performing signal processing on an overlapping signal obtained by overlapping the first and second signals, and an output unit configured to output the first and second distances and the intermediate distance calculated by the control unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a lidar sensor may include: a signal analyzer configured to distinguish foreign matters adhering to a window cover, using a signal inputted from a laser receiver of a lidar sensor; a cleaner configured to remove the foreign matters adhering to the window cover; and a controller configured to control the cleaner according to the foreign matters distinguished by the signal analyzer.

Abstract: An optical receiving module may include: a light transmitting body configured to transmit light; a light incidence part through which light is incident into the light transmitting body; and a plurality of reflectors configured to reflect the light incident from the light incidence part a plurality of times, such that the light is incident toward a light receiver unit.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus of an object detection sensor including: an environment information acquisition unit configured to acquire surrounding environment information of a vehicle; and a cleaning unit configured to create a cleaning solution mixture based on the surrounding environment information acquired by the environment information acquisition unit, and clean a cover installed on the object detection sensor to protect the object detection sensor from foreign matter by spraying the created cleaning solution mixture onto the cover, in order to prevent a reduction in sensing performance of the object detection sensor due to contamination by the foreign matter. The object detection sensor may sense a target object by transmitting a scan signal to the target object and receiving a sensing signal reflected from the target object, and the scan signal and the sensing signal may be transmitted and received through the cover.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting pollution in a window cover of a LiDAR sensor includes: a laser signal transmitter that transmits laser signals having a same amplitude and wavelength to one or more pollution detecting regions on the window cover; a reflected signal receiver that receives reflected signals that have been reflected and returned from the one or more pollution detecting regions; a memory that stores one or more instructions; and a processor that executes the one or more instructions stored in the memory to sense pollution on the window cover based on the reflected signals.

Abstract: An image generating device includes a support unit configured to support an object, an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the object disposed on the support unit with light, a light receiving unit configured to receive light returning from the object disposed on the support unit, and a control unit configured to generate a light irradiation signal for controlling the irradiation unit and a light-receiving region driving signal for controlling the light receiving unit, wherein the irradiation unit includes a first irradiation unit for irradiating a first region of the object with light and a second irradiation unit for irradiating a second region of the object with light, the light receiving unit includes a first light-receiving region and a second light-receiving region, the first light-receiving region and the second light-receiving region each include a plurality of pixels and are disposed at different positions on the light receiving unit.

Abstract: Provided is a lidar sensor having a driving motor of which the entire portion is covered under an inclined surface of a scan mirror having an opened bottom surface and an A-shaped cross-section. A rotating shaft of the driving motor may be connected to the bottom of a backing surface disposed under the inclined surface, a magnet may be disposed at the bottom of one or more of the backing surface and a support surface which are connected to the inclined surface of the scan mirror, and a hall sensor may be disposed at the bottom surface of the lidar sensor corresponding to the position where the magnet is disposed.

Abstract: A object detection apparatus may include: an object detection sensor having a cover for protecting the object detection sensor from foreign matter, and configured to sense a target object by transmitting a scan signal to the target object and receiving a sensing signal reflected from the target object; a protection film part including a protection film disposed on an outer surface of the cover to prevent contamination of the cover by foreign matter; and a control unit configured to replace the protection film disposed on the outer surface of the cover through a winding operation for the protection film part when a protection film replacement condition is satisfied due to contamination of the protection film, in order to prevent a reduction in sensing performance of the object detection sensor due to contamination by foreign matter.

Abstract: An automotive sensor integration module including a plurality of sensors which differ in at least one of a sensing period or an output data format, and a signal processing unit, which simultaneously outputs, as sensing data, pieces of detection data respectively output from the plurality of sensors on the basis of the sensing period of any one of the plurality of sensors, determines whether each region of an outer cover corresponding to a location of each of the plurality of sensors is contaminated on the basis of the pieces of detection data, and outputs a determination result as contamination data.

Abstract: An image generating device includes a support unit configured to support an object, an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the object disposed on the support unit with light, a light receiving unit configured to receive light returning from the object disposed on the support unit, and a control unit configured to generate a light irradiation signal for controlling the irradiation unit and a light-receiving region driving signal for controlling the light receiving unit, wherein the irradiation unit includes a first irradiation unit for irradiating a first region of the object with light and a second irradiation unit for irradiating a second region of the object with light, the light receiving unit includes a first light-receiving region and a second light-receiving region, the first light-receiving region and the second light-receiving region each include a plurality of pixels and are disposed at different positions on the light receiving unit.

Abstract: An automotive sensor integration module including a plurality of sensors which differ in at least one of a sensing period or an output data format, and a signal processor, which simultaneously outputs, as sensing data, pieces of detection data respectively output from the plurality of sensors on the basis of the sensing period of any one of the plurality of sensors, calculates a reliability value of each of the pieces of detection data on the basis of the pieces of detection data and external environment data, and outputs the reliability value as reliability data.

Abstract: A LiDAR sensor may include: a housing; a window cover installed on the housing; a motor mounted in the housing; a rotating shaft rotated by the motor; a guide connected to the rotating shaft and rotated along the surface of the window cover; and a brush mounted on the guide so as to face the window cover, contacted with the window cover, and washing the surface of the window cover with rotation of the guide. The guide may include: a first guide part connected to the rotating shaft; a second guide part rotatably connected to the housing; and a third guide part connected to the first and second guide parts, formed in a U-shape so as to face the window cover, and having the brush mounted thereon.

Abstract: An automotive sensor integration module including a plurality of sensors which differ in at least one of a sensing period or an output data format, and a signal processing unit, which simultaneously outputs, as sensing data, pieces of detection data respectively output from the plurality of sensors on the basis of the sensing period of any one of the plurality of sensors, determines whether each region of an outer cover corresponding to a location of each of the plurality of sensors is contaminated on the basis of the pieces of detection data, and outputs a determination result as contamination data.

Abstract: A lidar sensor may include: a transmitter configured to transmit laser; a receiver configured to receive reflected laser; a mirror rotating unit configured to rotate a mirror in a designated direction, the mirror serving to reflect the transmitted or received laser; a cleaning device driving unit configured to drive a cleaning device to remove foreign matters adhering to the cover of the lidar sensor; a signal processing unit configured to determine when or where the lidar sensor is covered and calculate a distance to an object; and a control unit configured to control the transmitter not to transmit a laser signal or control a rotational velocity or rotation time of the mirror at a point of time that the lidar sensor is covered by the cleaning device, and control detection or utilization of the received signal when the distance to the object is calculated.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a lidar sensor may include: a contaminant detector configured to detect a contaminant adhering to a window cover of the lidar sensor; a rotator configured to rotate the window cover; a cleaner configured to clean the window cover; and a controller configured to control the rotator to rotate the window cover to a cleaning region for removing the contaminant, and control the cleaner to remove the contaminant, when the contaminant is detected by the contaminant detector.

Abstract: Proposed is a multi-sensor assembly, and the assembly of the present disclosure includes: a first sensor provided in a sensor coupling unit positioned at a front end of a housing; a second sensor provided in a mounting groove that is open toward a front surface of the first sensor; a first connector member configured to transmit a signal measured by the first sensor and, simultaneously, to firmly fix the first sensor to the sensor coupling unit; and a second connector member screw portion formed on an outer surface of a rear end of the first connector member so as to be coupled to a fixture screw portion of an adjustable fixture provided at a rear end of the housing, thereby moving relatively thereto.