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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Aichi Steel Corporation, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AICHI STEEL CORPORATION, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/10 (2012.01); E01F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/10 (2013.01); E01F 11/00 (2013.01); B60W 2420/50 (2013.01); B60W 2520/06 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02);
Abstract
A vehicular orientation detection system () for detecting an orientation of a vehicle () traveling a road surface (S) where magnetic markers () are laid includes sensor units () which each include a plurality of magnetic sensors arrayed in a vehicle width direction and measure a lateral shift amount with respect to the magnetic markers () and a control unit () which computes a difference between lateral shift amounts measured with any one of the magnetic markers () by front and rear sensor units () positioned at two locations separated in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle ().