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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1982
Nippon Soken, Inc., Nishio, JP;
Abstract
An obstacle monitoring device for the rear of a vehicle comprising a plurality of ultrasonic obstacle detectors which are operated sequentially at a predetermined time interval, and an electronic monitor for supplying the obstacle detectors with their operational timing sequences at the predetermined time intervals and for determining distance information for each detector based on the changing pulse width of electric currents for each of the obstacle detectors within a particular time interval, which pulse widths correspond to the distance between an obstacle and the rear of the vehicle. A single transmission line connects the obstacle detectors with the monitor so that the number of wires in a wire-harness is reduced between the obstacle detectors (outside the vehicle) and the monitor (inside the vehicle).