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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1995
Kenichi Nonaka, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A distance measuring system for measuring a distance between two objects has a transmitter assembly mounted on one of the two objects, for transmitting a plurality of electromagnetic waves having respective wavelengths different from each other at respective levels toward the other of the two objects, a receiver assembly mounted on the other object, for receiving the electromagnetic waves transmitted from the transmitting means, and a distance detector for detecting a ratio of levels at which at least one set of electromagnetic waves of the electromagnetic waves is received by the receiving means, as corresponding to a distance between the two objects, and determining the distance between the two objects from the ratio.