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Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2006
Applicants:

Yoshio Matsuura, Kasugai, JP;

Masao Komaya, Komaki, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshio Matsuura, Kasugai, JP;

Masao Komaya, Komaki, JP;

Assignee:

OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A distance measuring device for a vehicle emits electromagnetic waves forward for a scan both in horizontal and vertical directions. It is judged from received light whether or not the distance to a detected object is within a specified preset range. If the distance is found to be within this range and if at least two specified conditions are satisfied, this object is regarded as a vehicle in the subsequent scans and a flag is set to this effect. One of these two conditions requires this object to have been judged as being a front going vehicle continuously over a time longer than a preset minimum time length. The second condition is that the difference between the distance to this object measured by a scan that is the highest or nearly the highest in the vertical direction and the measured distance to a front going vehicle corresponding to the object is within a predetermined range.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Matsuura, Yoshio. (2007). Distance measuring device for a vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 7274436). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7274436

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