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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andreas Waffler, Neubiberg, DE;
Walter Weishaupt, Munchen, DE;
Winfried Siegl, Beilngries, DE;
Kurt Schwaiger, Germering, DE;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340903 ; 340904 ; 340435 ; 340436 ; 180169 ;
Abstract
In a method for avoiding a collision of a motor vehicle and an obstacle, in which the output signal of a ranging device with several scanning beams emitted in a fan shape toward the front, is received by a receiver and analyzed by an analysis unit connected thereto, the transmitting frequency for scanning beams on the inside of the curve is selected to be higher than for scanning beams on the outside of the curve.