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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2004
Albert Gezinus Huizing, Leiden, NL;
Leonardus Johannes Hubertus Maria Kester, Delft, NL;
Arne Theil, Voorburg, NL;
Albert Gezinus Huizing, Leiden, NL;
Leonardus Johannes Hubertus Maria Kester, Delft, NL;
Arne Theil, Voorburg, NL;
Abstract
A detection system () having an optical sensor (), a radar device () and a signal processor () communicatively connected with the optical sensor and the radar device. The signal processor comprises: a first detector (-) for detecting a first object on the basis of a first signal coming from the optical sensor and determining at least one first property of the first object; a second detector (-) for detecting a second object on the basis of a second signal coming from the radar device and determining at least one second property of that second object, and a signaling unit () for producing a signal if the at least one first property and the at least one second property satisfy a predetermined condition. Further, a method for detecting objects, comprising: generating () a sensor signal with an optical sensor; detecting () a first object on the basis of the sensor signal; generating () a radar signal; detecting () a second object on the basis of the radar signal; producing () a detection signal if both on the basis of the sensor signal and on the basis of the radar signal the same object is detected. Also, a computer program with program code for performing one or more steps of such a method.