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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2002
Jon K. Wallace, Redford, MI (US);
Stephen R. W. Cooper, Fowlerville, MI (US);
Nicholas M. Zayan, Fenton, MI (US);
Farid Khairallah, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jon K. Wallace, Redford, MI (US);
Stephen R. W. Cooper, Fowlerville, MI (US);
Nicholas M. Zayan, Fenton, MI (US);
Farid Khairallah, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
A vehicle intrusion detection system () for detecting an intrusion condition of a vehicle () having an occupant compartment () partially defined by an outer structure () of the vehicle, comprises an actuatable illuminator () mounted in the vehicle and having a limited field of illumination () extending within the vehicle occupant compartment adjacent the vehicle outer structure. A linear imager () mounted in the vehicle () has a field of view () that substantially coincides with the field of illumination () of the illuminator (). A controller () compares a first image taken by the imager () when the illuminator () is actuated and a second image taken by the imager when the illuminator is unactuated to help determine the existence of an intrusion condition of the vehicle.