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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2002
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Gary Steven Strumolo, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Robert Kwiecinski, Saline, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A collision warning and countermeasure system ( ) for an automotive vehicle ( ) is provided. The system ( ) includes a velocity sensor ( ) that generates a vehicle velocity signal. A multi-mode object detection sensor ( ) generates an object detection signal. The multi-mode object detection sensor ( ) operates in a detection mode in response to the vehicle velocity signal. A controller ( ) is electrically coupled to the velocity sensor ( ) and the multi-mode object detection sensor ( ) and generates a countermeasure signal in response to the object detection signal. A method of performing the same is also provided.