WO2024252008A1 - Système lumineux de télémétrie d'un véhicule automobile comportant un module de réception d'un faisceau lumineux - Google Patents
Système lumineux de télémétrie d'un véhicule automobile comportant un module de réception d'un faisceau lumineux Download PDFInfo
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- Light telemetry system for a motor vehicle comprising a module for receiving a light beam
- the invention relates to the field of automotive lighting and/or light signaling, functions for detecting an object by a motor vehicle and estimating the distance separating this object from the vehicle. More specifically, the invention relates to a lighting and/or signaling system for a motor vehicle capable of implementing telemetry functions.
- the light source enabling the emission of this light beam is controlled by a pulse width modulated electrical signal, or PWM (from the English “Pulse Width Modulation").
- PWM pulse width modulated electrical signal
- the light source is thus periodically activated and deactivated by this PWM signal, so that the emitted light beam is composed of light pulses succeeding one another with a frequency high enough that the human eye can no longer distinguish them.
- the intensity of the emitted light beam is a function of the duty cycle of this PWM signal, so that it is possible to control it by adjusting this duty cycle and therefore to perform a photometric function.
- the light source of the light module can be controlled so that the pulses of the emitted light beam carry a sequence of data.
- the lighting system can thus be equipped with a reception module in order to receive the emitted light beam, after reflection on an object in the vicinity of the vehicle.
- a calculation unit of the motor vehicle can then, after detection of the sequence of data in the received light beam, determine the time of flight of the emitted light beam and therefore evaluate the distance separating the vehicle from the object.
- the light beam can retain its original function, namely performing a photometric function, while allowing the lighting system to implement a telemetry function, which can be particularly advantageous for example for driving assistance functions or in the context of autonomous or semi-autonomous driving.
- the reception module intended to receive the light beam carrying the data whether it is arranged in the same vehicle or in another vehicle, must comprise at least one photodetector to convert this light beam into an electrical signal in order to demodulate this signal and extract a data sequence therefrom.
- the reception module intended to receive the light beam carrying the data must comprise at least one photodetector to convert this light beam into an electrical signal in order to demodulate this signal and extract a data sequence therefrom.
- a photodetector may see its signal-to-noise ratio significantly degraded, taking into account the sources of stray light present in the environment of the vehicle, such as urban lighting, automobile lighting of passing or following vehicles, or even sunlight, and the nature of the objects present in the environment, and in particular their reflective capacity. This degradation of the signal-to-noise ratio may then reduce the accuracy of the calculation unit in estimating the distance of the target object, or even lead to false positive detections.
- some types of photodetectors have, after receiving a photon, a dead time during which they are inoperative. Given the modulation frequencies of the light beams envisaged, this dead time has the consequence of reducing the detection resolution and the signal-to-noise ratio of the telemetry system.
- the present invention is placed in this context, and aims to meet these needs.
- a telemetry system for a motor vehicle comprising a reception module capable of receiving a light beam, in which the reception module comprises a plurality of elementary acquisition modules each comprising at least one photodetector capable of converting a light signal that it receives into an electrical signal, each elementary acquisition module being capable of generating an elementary detection signal as a function of the electrical signal(s) converted by the photodetector(s) of the elementary acquisition module, a calculation unit capable of receiving the elementary detection signals generated by the elementary acquisition modules and capable of detecting in each elementary detection signal received, the presence of a sequence of predetermined data.
- the calculation unit in the absence of detection of said data sequence in at least one first elementary detection signal generated by a first elementary acquisition module, is arranged to generate a combination of said first signal elementary detection and a second elementary detection signal generated by a second elementary acquisition module adjacent to the first elementary acquisition module and for detecting the presence of said predetermined data sequence in said combination.
- the invention thus makes it possible to improve the signal-to-noise ratio in order to improve long-distance object detection while improving the angular resolution of said object detection.
- the portion of the light beam received by an elementary acquisition module having generated an elementary detection signal corresponds to the reflection by an obstacle of a modulated light beam emitted and containing said sequence of predetermined data.
- This elementary acquisition module thus defines a detection pixel.
- the calculation unit can dynamically accumulate the detection information from several elementary acquisition modules then allows for easier separation of the signal from the noise.
- the detection of the object is dependent on the noise of the ambient environment, in other words, when the noise is low, the angular resolution is higher and when the noise is high, the calculation unit includes more detection signals from elementary acquisition modules, reducing the angular resolution but making it possible to reduce the risk of false positives.
- the plurality of elementary acquisition modules is arranged in a matrix.
- all of the photodetectors can form a sensor, for example a single electronic component.
- each photodetector, or each plurality of photodetectors may have a width and/or a length of less than about ten micrometers, which makes it possible to obtain a reception field of the elementary acquisition module of at most 0.1° and therefore to increase the spatial resolution of the reception module.
- the or each photodetector of each elementary acquisition module is an avalanche photodiode.
- This type of photodetector is also known as SPAD, from the English “Single-Photon Avalanche Diode”.
- the set of avalanche photodiodes can thus form a silicon photomultiplier or SiPM (from the English "Silicon PhotoMultiplier”).
- SiPM from the English "Silicon PhotoMultiplier”
- This type of photodetector makes it possible to detect the incidence of a single photon with a significant gain, for example of the order of 106, and therefore to overcome the degradations of the signal-to-noise ratio due to external conditions.
- the reception module may comprise an optical unit arranged in front of the elementary acquisition modules.
- each elementary acquisition module comprises a comparator arranged to compare the electrical signal converted by each photodetector with a given threshold value and to generate said elementary detection signal as a function of said comparison.
- the comparator thus forms a unit for demodulating the light beam received by the reception module, capable of extracting a data sequence, called demodulated, from an electrical signal converted by a photodetector.
- each elementary acquisition module comprises a plurality of photodetectors, the comparator being arranged to compare the electrical signal converted by each photodetector to a given threshold value and to generate an elementary detection sub-signal as a function of said comparison.
- the comparator is arranged to sum the elementary detection sub-signals to form the elementary detection signal.
- the calculation unit is arranged to estimate values of a correlation function between said elementary detection signal and said sequence of predetermined data and to detect the presence of said sequence of predetermined data in said elementary detection signal from said values of the correlation function.
- the calculation unit is arranged to estimate each value of the correlation function between said elementary detection signal and said predetermined data sequence by evaluating the cross-correlation of the elementary detection signal and said predetermined data sequence delayed by a given duration associated with said value.
- each value of the correlation function is thus associated with a value of a time shift of the modulating sequence used to estimate this value of the correlation function.
- the calculation unit is thus arranged to identify the time shift value associated with the maximum value of the cross-correlation function.
- the calculation unit is arranged to determine the value of a peak of said correlation function, to compare said peak value with a predetermined threshold value and to detect the presence of said predetermined data sequence in said elementary detection signal as a function of said comparison.
- the calculation unit may for example conclude that said predetermined data sequence is present in said elementary detection signal only if said peak value is greater than the predetermined threshold value, and may, otherwise, generate said combination of the first and second elementary detection signals.
- the calculation unit is arranged to generate said combination of said first elementary detection signal and a second elementary detection signal generated by a second elementary acquisition module neighboring the first elementary acquisition module by adding said first and second elementary detection signals.
- the computing unit is arranged to generate a combination of detection signals, and thus determine the presence of an object if the value of the peak of the combination is greater than the predetermined threshold value.
- the calculation unit is arranged to, in the absence of detection of said predetermined data sequence in a first combination of elementary detection signals generated by a plurality of elementary acquisition modules: a. generate a second combination of said first combination and of an elementary detection signal generated by an elementary acquisition module neighboring said plurality of elementary acquisition modules, b. detect the presence of said predetermined data sequence in said second combination.
- the calculation unit is arranged to iterate the steps of generating a combination of elementary signals and of detecting said predetermined data sequence in said combination, until said predetermined data sequence is detected in a combination of elementary signals and/or at least one predetermined stopping condition is satisfied.
- the calculation unit is arranged to generate said second combination from said first combination and from an elementary detection signal generated by an elementary acquisition module neighboring said plurality of elementary acquisition modules and located in a given direction of the first elementary acquisition module from which the first combination was generated.
- the calculation unit is arranged to generate several second combinations from the first combination and elementary detection signals generated by neighboring elementary acquisition modules of said plurality of elementary acquisition modules and located in different given directions from the first elementary acquisition module from which the first combination was generated.
- the generation and detection steps will thus be iterated for each of the second combinations thus generated until said predetermined data sequence is detected in a combination of elementary signals and/or at least one predetermined stopping condition is satisfied, all of the iterations initiated in said given direction from the initial elementary acquisition module being stopped in this case.
- the neighboring modules are the modules immediately to the left, to the right, at the top and at the bottom of the first elementary acquisition module from which the first combination was generated.
- the calculation unit may be arranged to generate a second combination using the elementary acquisition module located to the right of the first elementary acquisition module from which the first combination was generated, a second combination using the elementary acquisition module located to the left of this first elementary acquisition module, a second combination using the elementary acquisition module located at the top of this first elementary acquisition module and a second combination using the elementary acquisition module located at the bottom of this first elementary acquisition module.
- said stopping condition is satisfied if the number of elementary acquisition modules making up said plurality of elementary acquisition modules is greater than a predetermined threshold number. It will thus be possible to limit the expansion of the combinations to a given number of elementary acquisition modules from the initial elementary acquisition module in a given direction, for example to 20 acquisition modules.
- said stopping condition is satisfied if the calculation unit has detected the presence of said predetermined data sequence in the elementary detection signal received from said neighboring elementary acquisition module.
- the system comprises an emission module comprising a light module capable of emitting a light beam, and a modulation unit capable of receiving a data sequence, called modulating, and arranged to modulate the light beam emitted from said modulating sequence.
- Said modulating sequence thus forms said predetermined data sequence that the calculation unit seeks to detect.
- the light beam may for example be a pulsed beam, each pulse corresponding to one or more consecutive high values of the modulating data sequence and the interval separating two consecutive pulses corresponding to one or more consecutive low values of this modulating data sequence.
- Each pulse of the modulated light beam is emitted with a peak light power, such that the average light power of the emitted modulated light beam is thus defined by the peak light power and the duty cycle of the modulating data sequence.
- the light beam received by the receiving module thus contains the reflection of the light beam by an object to be detected.
- Said elementary detection signal received by the calculation unit is therefore formed of a data sequence, called demodulated, composed of the delayed modulating sequence and noise.
- Each value of the correlation function estimated by the calculation unit is associated with a value of a time shift of the modulating sequence, or of the demodulated sequence, used to estimate this value of the correlation function.
- the correlation function between this demodulated data sequence and the modulating sequence is therefore a function of the autocorrelation of this modulating sequence.
- the light module is capable of emitting a light beam whose spectrum has a peak at a wavelength in the visible, in particular between 400 nm and 500 nm.
- the light module comprises a light source comprising a semiconductor generator capable of emitting an elementary light beam, in particular the spectrum of which has a peak at a wavelength in the visible, and a photoluminescent element capable of converting said elementary light beam to obtain said light beam.
- the semiconductor may for example be a gallium nitride, or GaN, capable of emitting, by electroluminescence and in response to an electric current passing through it, rays of blue light.
- the photoluminescent element may for example be in the form of a resin comprising a cerium-doped yttrium and aluminum garnet, or CE:YAG, capable of absorbing blue light and, by photoluminescence and in response to the excitation produced by this light, of emitting rays of yellow light.
- CE:YAG cerium-doped yttrium and aluminum garnet
- the photoluminescent element is arranged on the generator so that part of the blue light rays excites this element so that it emits, by photoluminescence, rays of yellow light. The other part of the blue light rays pass through this element.
- the light source simultaneously emits, when it is electrically powered, rays of blue and yellow light, the light thus formed appearing white to the human eye.
- the light source may thus be a laser type source, a light-emitting diode, a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diode, also called VCSEL (from the English “Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser”) or even a superluminescent diode or SLED (from the English “Superluminescent diode”).
- VCSEL vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diode
- SLED from the English “Superluminescent diode”.
- the light module may comprise an optical unit arranged to project the light rays emitted by the light source to form said light beam.
- the modulation unit is arranged to generate a pulse width modulated control signal, to modulate said control signal from the modulating data sequence and to control the emission of said light beam by the light module from the modulated control signal.
- the modulation unit may be arranged to convert the modulating data sequence into a modulating signal and to modulate, for example in amplitude, frequency or phase, the control signal with this modulating signal.
- the modulation unit may be arranged to control the light source of the light module, and in particular an electrical power supply provided to this light source, to modulate the light beam.
- the calculation unit is arranged to generate a modulating data sequence, in particular of pseudo-random binary type, to transmit the modulating data sequence to the modulation unit of the transmission module for the transmission of a light beam modulated by the transmission module.
- a pseudo-random binary sequence is a data sequence composed of high values, namely "1s", and of low values, namely "0".
- This type of sequence has particularly interesting properties. Indeed, its autocorrelation function is maximum for a zero time shift, that is to say when the sequence is compared to itself, and has a value significantly lower than this maximum for all other time shifts, that is to say when the sequence is compared to time-shifted versions of itself.
- this type of sequence is generally generated by means of a linear feedback shift register, or LFSR, which produces a periodic recurring sequence whose pattern is a pseudo-random binary sequence.
- the correlation function thus estimated will thus be maximum for the time shift value corresponding to the time of flight of the modulated light beam emitted, reflected then received, even in the event of significant noise.
- the calculation unit can identify this time shift value associated with the maximum value of the correlation function with significant precision and deduce therefrom the distance separating the object on which the beam was reflected and the motor vehicle.
- the detection is carried out not on a single pulse but on a complete data sequence, so that the signal-to-noise ratio of the system is improved.
- the emission module is arranged so that the light beam participates, totally or partially, in the realization of a predetermined regulatory photometric function. It could for example be a daytime running light or DRL (from the English "Daytime Running Lamp"), which has the advantage of being emitted in a wide field with a low intensity.
- the transmission module is arranged in a front headlight of the motor vehicle.
- the reception module and the transmission module are arranged in the same front headlight of the vehicle.
- the invention also relates to a telemetry method implemented by a system according to the invention.
- FIG.l represents, schematically and partially, a view of a telemetry system of a motor vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention.
- FIG.2 schematically represents an example of operation of the system in the absence of detection of the predetermined data sequence.
- FIG.3 represents, schematically and partially, an example of operation of the system of [Fig.l] during the implementation of a telemetry method.
- the present invention is a telemetry system 1 of a vehicle comprising a transmitting module 2, a receiving module 3, and a computing unit 4.
- the emission module 2 comprises a light module 21 capable of emitting a first light beam Fl, and a modulation unit 22 capable of receiving a modulating data sequence Seq and arranged to modulate the light beam Fl emitted from said modulating sequence Seq.
- the first emission module 2 is for example arranged in a headlight of the motor vehicle.
- the light module 21 is arranged so that the light beam Fl that it emits has an electromagnetic spectrum of which at least a portion is located in the visible spectrum.
- the spectrum of this light beam Fl has an intensity peak, or line, in the blue at 450 nm. It will be noted that it is possible for the spectrum to have other intensity peaks, in the visible and/or in the infrared.
- the light module 21 may comprise an optical unit arranged to shape this light beam Fl so that its photometric distribution satisfies the requirements of said function. It may for example be provided that the light beam Fl participates in the realization of a function of the daytime running light type, or DRL.
- the light beam Fl allows the system 1 to perform functions of detecting and evaluating the position of an obstacle on the road and/or communicating with another vehicle or with a road infrastructure.
- the modulation unit 22 is arranged to modulate the light beam Fl emitted by the light module 21, from the sequence of modulating data Seq that it receives, for example by controlling the electrical power supplied to the light source of the light module.
- the modulation unit 22 comprises a generator of a pulse width modulated control signal.
- This control signal makes it possible to control a switching power supply (not shown) of the light source of the light module 21.
- the duty cycle of this control signal, set by the modulation unit 22 thus makes it possible to control the average electrical power supplied to the light source, and therefore to control the light intensity of the light beam Fl, so as to satisfy the requirements of the photometric function that it performs.
- the modulation unit 22 is arranged to convert the data sequence Seq into a modulating signal and to modulate the initial control signal using this modulating signal.
- modulation can be used indifferently within the framework of the present invention, and in particular an all-or-nothing modulation (or OOK for "On Off Keying"), a pulse code modulation (or PGM for "Puise Code Modulation”), a pulse amplitude modulation (or PAM for "Puise Amplitude Modulation”), a pulse width modulation (or PWM for "Pulse Width Modulation”) or a pulse position modulation (or PPM for "Puise Position Modulation”).
- OOK On Off Keying
- PGM pulse code modulation
- PAM pulse amplitude modulation
- PWM pulse width modulation
- PPM pulse position modulation
- the light beam Fl thus emitted is composed of a train of light pulses succeeding one another with a sufficiently high frequency, for example greater than 30 MHz, in particular between 50 MHz and 100 MHz, so that the human eye can no longer distinguish them. Furthermore, the amplitude, width and/or position of each pulse with respect to the period allows the light beam Fl to transport the data sequence Seq.
- this reception module 3 comprises a plurality of elementary acquisition modules 32i,j, each comprising several photodetectors 32a capable of converting a light signal that it receives into an electrical signal.
- Each elementary acquisition module 32i,j further comprises a demodulation unit 34, comprising a comparator arranged to compare the electrical signal converted by each photodetector 32a of the module 32i,j to a given threshold value.
- the demodulation unit 34 is thus arranged to generate, from each of the comparisons of the electrical signals from the photodetectors 32a, an elementary detection sub-signal, and to sum the elementary detection sub-signals thus generated to generate an elementary detection signal Sdei,j, which therefore forms a data sequence, called demodulated.
- the photodetectors 32a are identical and are each formed by an avalanche photodiode of a silicon photomultiplier. It will be noted that the dimensions of the photodetectors are of the order of a micrometer. The assembly thus forms a sensor whose resolution spatial reception is of the order of 1°, or even 0.1°, and whose detection capacities, due to the use of avalanche photodiodes, are particularly significant, even in the event of degraded acquisition conditions.
- Each of the photodetectors 32a of the same elementary acquisition module 32i,j can thus convert the portion of the light beam F2 that it receives, into an electrical signal that it transmits to the demodulation unit 34, which can then extract a data sequence SdeiJ to transmit it to the calculation unit 4.
- the elementary acquisition modules 32i,j are arranged in a matrix fashion, on N rows and M columns.
- the reception module 3 is arranged in the headlight of the motor vehicle, next to the transmission module 2.
- the calculation unit 4 is capable of receiving the elementary detection signals SdeiJ generated by the elementary acquisition modules 32i,j and capable of detecting in each elementary detection signal SdeiJ received, the presence of the modulating data sequence Seq.
- the calculation unit 4 is thus arranged to estimate values of a correlation function Fcorr between each received elementary detection signal SdeiJ and said modulating data sequence Seq, and to detect in this elementary detection signal SdeiJ, the presence of the modulating data sequence Seq from these values of the correlation function Fcorr. In the event of detection, it can then determine a flight time T separating the emission of said first emitted modulated light beam Fl from the reception of said received light beam F2.
- the calculation unit 4 can thus perform functions of detecting and evaluating the position of an object on the road, as will be described in connection with [Fig. 3] which represents a telemetry method implemented by the lighting system 1.
- a modulating data sequence Seq for example of binary type, composed of “0” and “1”, pseudo random and of maximum size, also called M-sequence, having a duty cycle of 50%.
- the calculation unit 4 transmits the sequence of modulating data Seq to the modulation unit 22 of the emission module 2 for the simultaneous emission of the light beam Fl by the emission module 2.
- a second step E2 the modulation unit 22 modulates the light beams Fl emitted by the light module 21 from this data sequence Seq.
- each modulation unit 22 converts the data sequence Seq into a modulating signal and modulates the initial control signal using this modulating signal.
- each light pulse of the light beam Fl emitted by the light module 21 corresponds to a bit of value “1” of the modulating sequence Seq.
- the average power of a portion of the light beam Fl containing the sequence Seq is thus defined by the number of bits of value “1” of this sequence Seq at with respect to the total number of bits in this sequence, by the duration of the pulses and by the peak power of these pulses.
- the light beam Fl is thus emitted until it reaches an object O, located in the environment of the vehicle, which reflects it in the direction of the reception module 3.
- the light beam F2 received by the reception module 3 is thus concentrated on one of the elementary acquisition modules 32i,j.
- the light beam F2 received by the reception module 3 is thus composed of a part of the light beam Fl reflected by the object O and of noise, for example generated by sources of stray light such as urban lighting, automobile lighting, or even the sun.
- each of the elementary acquisition modules 32 thus extracts, using its demodulation unit 34, an elementary detection signal SdeiJ which it transmits to the calculation unit 4.
- the calculation unit 4 estimates, in a fourth step E4, values of a correlation function Fcorr between the modulating sequence Seq and this elementary detection signal Sdei.
- the calculation unit 4 thus evaluates, for a plurality of time shift values, the value of the cross-correlation, by means of a cyclic convolution product, between each elementary detection signal SdeiJ and the modulating sequence Seq delayed according to each of the time shift values.
- the correlation function Fcorr will thus be maximum for a time shift value corresponding to the time of flight of the light beam Fl, separating the instant when it is emitted by the emission module 2 and the instant when it is received by an elementary acquisition module 32i,j of the reception module 3, the modulating sequence Seq delayed by this value thus corresponding substantially to the elementary detection signal SdeiJ, apart from the noise.
- a fifth step E5 the calculation unit 4 identifies the maximum value Fcorr_max of each correlation function Fcorr associated with each elementary acquisition module 32i,j and compares it to a threshold value Vs.
- the modulating sequence Seq is considered to be detected by the calculation unit 4 in the elementary detection signal SdeiJ from the elementary acquisition module 32i,j associated with this correlation function Fcorr.
- An object O is therefore detected in the angular range, or the pixel, monitored by this elementary acquisition module 32i,j and the calculation unit 4 can then estimate, in a sixth step E6, the value T of the flight time of the light beam Fl between the object O and the vehicle, associated with this maximum value, as well than the distance d separating object 0 from the vehicle.
- the calculation unit 4 generates, in a seventh step E7, combinations Csde of this elementary detection signal SdeiJ and of each elementary detection signal Sdei-l,j, Sdei+l,j, Sdei,j-1 and Sdei,j+1 generated by the elementary acquisition modules 32i-l,j, 32i+l,j, 32i,j-l and 32i,j+l located immediately to the right, to the left, at the top and at the bottom of the elementary acquisition module 32i,j.
- the combination Csde is carried out by adding the signals SdeiJ and Sdei'J'.
- Steps E4 of estimating the values of the correlation function Fcorr and E5 of searching for the maximum value Fcorr_max with comparison of this maximum value to the threshold value Vs are repeated with the sequences Csde resulting from these combinations.
- the calculation unit 4 generates, in the seventh step E7, a new sequence Csde from the previous sequence Csde, obtained using the neighboring module in a direction given to the initial module 32i,j, and the elementary detection signal Sdei'J' generated by the following elementary acquisition module in this given direction.
- the calculation unit 4 thus iterates the steps E7, E4 and E6, until said predetermined data sequence Seq is detected, a combination Csde of elementary signals and/or until at least one predetermined stopping condition is satisfied.
- steps E7, E4 and E6 for a given direction is notably interrupted when the elementary detection signal Sdei'J' generated by the following elementary acquisition module in this given direction itself allows a detection of the modulating data sequence Seq in this signal or in another combination Csde originating from this signal or using this signal. It is thus considered that this following module defines or is part of another pixel in which another object has been detected.
- steps E7, E4 and E6 for a given direction is also interrupted when the number of elementary acquisition modules, whose elementary detection signals Sdei'J' make up the combination Csde, exceeds a given threshold value, for example 20. It is then considered that there is no object to be detected at the level of a pixel defined by these elementary acquisition modules or that the compromise between signal-to-noise ratio and angular resolution is no longer satisfactory.
- the invention cannot be limited to the embodiments specifically described in this document, and extends in particular to all equivalent means and to any technically operative combination of these means.
- other configurations of the emission modules may be provided, and in particular an emission module using other types of light source than those described, such as a laser diode, a VCSEL or a SLED or an RGB diode. It may also be possible to provide other photometric functions than that described, and in particular dipped beam type lighting functions or signaling functions such as a position light or direction indicator.
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