Method and apparatus for identifying faults in ultrasonic transducers by analyzing and processing impedance envelopes

An ultrasonic transducer and envelope technology, applied in the direction of re-radiation of sound waves, instruments, utilization of re-radiation, etc., can solve the problem of not providing a satisfactory solution, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2019-08-16
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
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The methods known in the prior art do not provide a satisfactory solution for checking an ultrasound transducer in ongoing operation for said functional impairment

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[0022] figure 1 A block diagram of the device 10 for distance measurement according to the invention is shown in an advantageous embodiment. The device 10 for distance measurement comprises an ultrasonic transducer 11 and a processing unit 12 , and a storage medium 13 for providing a reference envelope 31 , wherein the processing unit 12 is provided for carrying out the method according to the invention. The ultrasonic sensor includes device 10 .

[0023] The ultrasound transducer 11 is an electroacoustic sound transducer and is connected to the processing unit 12 via a first signal line 14 and a second signal line 15 . The storage medium 13 is suitable for storing one or more digital or analog values ​​and providing them to the processing unit 12 .

[0024] In terms of electricity, the ultrasonic transducer 11 is composed of a parallel resonant circuit and a series resonant circuit. The associated impedance signal 20 has a characteristic profile with respect to the excitat...

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The invention relates to a method and a device (10) for detecting malfunctions of an ultrasound transducer (11). The method comprises the following steps: loading the ultrasonic transducer with an excitation signal; obtaining an impedance signal (20), the impedance signal describing the impedance of the ultrasonic transducer with respect to the excitation signal; generating an impedance envelope (21) of the impedance signal; comparing Impedance envelope and reference envelope (31), wherein a fault is detected if the impedance envelope differs from the reference envelope. In this case, the excitation signal comprises a plurality of frequencies, in particular frequency sweeps, whereby the method can also be carried out during the transmitting operation of the ultrasound transducer. Therefore, a particularly reliable method for detecting faults of the ultrasonic transducer is proposed, which method can be carried out by means of the ultrasonic transducer during a distance measurement. The method is robust with respect to error detection for individual impedance values ​​of the impedance signal.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method and a device for detecting faults of an ultrasound transducer. Background technique [0002] Driver assistance functions based on ultrasonic sensors have been known and used in large quantities for a long time. In this case, conventional parking assistance devices, ie distance measurement by means of corresponding signaling to the driver of the vehicle, are increasingly supplemented with more complex functions, such as parking assistance, with longitudinal guidance of the vehicle Semi-automatic parking with intervening lateral guidance and braking intervention during maneuvering at low speeds. [0003] In such a system, ultrasonic sensors or ultrasonic transducers send signals into the vehicle environment, and convert the signals reflected by environmental objects into electrical signals, which are analyzed and processed by the analysis and processing unit in terms of propagation time, amplitude, etc. . Due to the i...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G01S7/52G01S15/931
CPCG01S7/52004G01S7/52006G01S2007/52009G01S15/931
Inventor B·谢尔瓦特M·舒曼P·迈尔D·施密德T·特肋普托
Owner ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
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