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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2007
Joseph S. Colburn, Malibu, CA (US);
Osman D. Altan, Northville, MI (US);
Kevin Geary, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Hui-pin Hsu, Northridge, CA (US);
Joseph S. Colburn, Malibu, CA (US);
Osman D. Altan, Northville, MI (US);
Kevin Geary, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Hui-Pin Hsu, Northridge, CA (US);
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A collision avoidance system for reducing false alerts by estimating the elevation of a target, includes short and long range single-dimensional scanning radar sensors having differing ranges and beam angles of inclination, and a digital fusion processor, and preferably includes a locator device, an inclinometer, and a memory storage device cooperatively configured to further perform trend analysis, and target tracking.