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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:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eisaku Akutsu, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701207 ; 701 23 ; 180167 ;
Abstract
A vehicle running position detecting system includes a receiving unit, which is mounted on a vehicle, for receiving signals transmitted from a first transmission unit and a second transmission unit which are placed so as to face each other with a lane of a road between, the first transmission unit and the second transmission unit transmitting the signals toward the lane in predetermined areas, and a position identifying unit for identifying a position of the vehicle in a width direction of the road based on states of the signals received by the receiving unit.