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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2006
Applicants:
Rolf Brunner, Eichenau, DE;
Stefan Mohr, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Rolf Brunner, Eichenau, DE;
Stefan Mohr, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Leuze Lumiflex GmbH & Co. KG, Fuerstenfeldbruck, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/012 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Objects within an area of coverage are located at predetermined points in time with an optical sensor. Based on detected locations of the objects, a driving direction and/or a speed of the vehicle is determined as a function of measuring variables measured with the optical sensor. Based on the determined direction and/or speed, (a) a protective zone is selected among a plurality of protective zones previously stored in the optical sensor, or (b) a validity of a preset protective zone or a preset vehicle parameter value stored in the optical sensor is checked.