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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Terry B. Wilson, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Yazaki North America, Inc., Canton, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/300 ; B60T 7/16 ; B62D 1/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/300 ; B60T 7/16 ; B62D 1/24 ;
Abstract
A motor vehicular collision warning system including a scanned beam sensor, a signal processor, and a vehicle interface system that initiates warnings to the driver or adaptively controls the vehicle. Scene data is used to predict the path of the roadway in front of a subject vehicle. Reflections from manmade and natural scene objects are extracted from the scene data to define a linear feature edge. Once the feature edge is determined, the predicted path of the subject vehicle can be determined using information regarding the vehicle trajectory and the feature edge.