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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Satoru Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Nishimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Junya Tashiro, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sensor system has object detection sensorswhich are mounted on door mirrorsand have a parking space search mode for searching for an object within ranges extending laterally from a vehicleand a vehicle monitoring mode for searching for an object in rear lateral sides of the vehicleby folding and retracting the door mirrorsand a control sectionfor causing the object detection sensorsto be driven when the vehicletravels at a speed equal to or less than a prescribed value, and for making a search frequency of the object detection sensorshigher in the parking space search mode than in the vehicle monitoring mode.