CALIBRATING VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS SENSORS OF A VEHICLE IN A PRODUCTION LINE

A vehicle surroundings sensor module on board a vehicle is connected to a one vehicle surroundings sensor and is configured, in a calibration mode, to progressively transmit vehicle surroundings sensor data captured by the vehicle surroundings sensor via a wireless communication interface to a calibration server when the vehicle is moved through a calibration area, which comprises at least one section of a production line, at least one stationary surroundings sensor, which is configured to capture surroundings sensor data of a set of reference objects in the calibration area and to transmit these data to the calibration server, and at least one stationary position sensor, which is configured, during the movement of the vehicle through the calibration area, to progressively capture a position of the vehicle and transmit vehicle position data to the calibration server. The calibration server is configured to associate captured vehicle position data with the received vehicle surroundings sensor data, which capture the set of reference objects, and, using associated surroundings sensor data of the set of reference objects, to ascertain calibration parameters for the vehicle surroundings sensor and transmit these parameters to the vehicle surroundings sensor module.