Sensor device for determining ambient conditions of a vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle and method for determining the position of the sun

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9915610
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15291678

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In a sensor device for determining ambient conditions of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising at least one transmitter for emitting electromagnetic radiation, in particular infrared radiation, comprising at least three receivers for receiving electromagnetic radiation, in particular infrared radiation, wherein at least one transmitter is assigned to at least one receiver for determining precipitation on at least one glass surface, in particular the windscreen of the motor vehicle, and wherein at least three receivers are aligned for receiving electromagnetic radiation from different angular regions, it is provided as essential to the invention that the spatial receiving regions of at least one first and at least one second receiver are aligned substantially horizontally, that the spatial receiving region of at least one third receiver is aligned substantially upwards.

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HELLA KGAA HUECK & CORIXBECKER STRASSE 75 59552 LIPPSTADT

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Gohmann, Alexander Bremen, DE 3 6
Kanning, Bastian Bremen, DE 13 10

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