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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2000
Timothy J. Bomya, Westland, MI (US);
Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A pedestrian is sensed in a region of space external to a vehicle by generating a first magnetic flux at a first location on the vehicle so that the first magnetic flux extends into a region of space external of the vehicle, conducting the first magnetic flux through the region of space external to the vehicle to a second location on the vehicle, sensing the first magnetic flux at the second location, generating a signal responsive to the magnetic flux sensed at the second location, and discriminating a pedestrian when the pedestrian is located within the first magnetic flux, wherein the operation of discriminating is responsive to the signal.