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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1998
Akio Izumi, Nagano, JP;
Nobuo Hirata, Nagano, JP;
Osamu Sugiyama, Nagano, JP;
Hideo Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A distance measuring apparatus of the invention includes an arithmetic operation device which uses the degree of shift detected when the distance to a reference object is measured and a known distance to the reference object, to determine the difference between the offsets of image-forming positions on optical sensor arrays caused by a windshield present between a measuring object and the optical sensor arrays. The arithmetic operation device uses the difference between the offsets of the image-forming positions, an optical characteristic amount of the image-forming lenses, and the amount of shift detected when the distance to the measuring object is measured, to determine the distance to the measuring object.