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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2006
Applicants:
Masato Yamada, Inuyama, JP;
Shuichi Ichiura, Hashima, JP;
Inventors:
Masato Yamada, Inuyama, JP;
Shuichi Ichiura, Hashima, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M 7/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B62D 1/24 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A detection device detects an obstacle within a target region by setting the target region, setting a scan trajectory, and setting a pattern of an irradiation position of a laser beam within the target region based on a signal related to a moving state of the detection device or a moving object on which the detection device is mounted.