The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1996
Kenichi Nonaka, Wako, JP;
Yoshimitsu Saitou, Wako, JP;
Masaaki Abe, Wako, JP;
Seiichi Yokoyama, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object recognizing device for recognizing an object by transmitting laser light from a laser light source and receiving reflected light from the object by a light sensor, wherein the laser light source and the light sensor are disposed at a relative vertical distance of not less than 20 cm therebetween with a divergence angle .theta..sub.1 of the laser radiation emitted from the laser light source being set at a value of not more than 5 mrad and being smaller than an angle .alpha. formed between an optical axis of the laser light and an optical axis of the reflected light entering into the light sensor, and which is, therefore, capable of effectively recognizing any object even in an atmosphere containing aerosol, e.g., fog or haze.