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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2021
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Henrik Schäfer, Stuttgart, DE;
Kirk Scheper, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/16 (2006.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 11/12 (2006.01); G08G 5/55 (2025.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01); G08G 5/80 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/80 (2025.01); G01S 5/0045 (2013.01); G01S 5/0072 (2013.01); G01S 5/16 (2013.01); G01S 11/12 (2013.01); G08G 5/55 (2025.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a collision avoidance concept comprising emitting a modulated light beacon from an object, wherein a luminance of the light beacon is modulated based on a useful signal carrying information on a position of the object, detecting, by an event-based vision sensor of a vehicle, the modulated light beacon of the object and outputting an event signal in response to a detected change in luminance of the modulated light beacon, and estimating a distance between the object and the vehicle based on the event signal.