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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
William H Taylor, South Deerfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Kollmorgen Corporation, Northampton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G / ; B60Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340903 ; 340435 ; 340556 ; 340961 ; 342107 ; 356-3 ; 358108 ; 358110 ; 358113 ;
Abstract
A collision avoidance system particularly suited for automotive applications includes an electro-optical rangefinder scanner, retroreflectors on target vehicles, and a processing unit. The rangefinder supplies data on the range and angle of target vehicles to the processor, which monitors each target vehicle's position, speed and acceleration and constantly determines and updates target range, angle, velocity, acceleration and predicted separation distances. A warning signal or evasive manuever instructions are issued if the predicted separation at the time of intercept is below a minimum acceptable value.