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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2010
Masanori Muroyama, Sendai, JP;
Masayoshi Esashi, Sendai, JP;
Shuji Tanaka, Sendai, JP;
Sakae Matsuzaki, Sendai, JP;
Mitsutoshi Makihata, Sendai, JP;
Yutaka Nonomura, Nagoya, JP;
Motohiro Fujiyoshi, Seto, JP;
Takahiro Nakayama, Nagoya, JP;
Ui Yamaguchi, Toyota, JP;
Hitoshi Yamada, Aichi-gun, JP;
Masanori Muroyama, Sendai, JP;
Masayoshi Esashi, Sendai, JP;
Shuji Tanaka, Sendai, JP;
Sakae Matsuzaki, Sendai, JP;
Mitsutoshi Makihata, Sendai, JP;
Yutaka Nonomura, Nagoya, JP;
Motohiro Fujiyoshi, Seto, JP;
Takahiro Nakayama, Nagoya, JP;
Ui Yamaguchi, Toyota, JP;
Hitoshi Yamada, Aichi-gun, JP;
Tohoku University, Sendai-shi, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Aichi-gun, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A sensor system includes a first sensing device that includes a sensor, and first and second surrounding portions that surround the sensor at least partially, a second sensing device that comprises a sensor, and first and second surrounding portions that surround the sensor at least partially, wherein at least one of a combination of shapes of the first and second surrounding portions of the respective first and second sensing devices and a combination of physical properties of the first and second surrounding portions of the respective first and second sensing devices is configured such that a detection characteristic of the first sensing device is different from a detection characteristic of the second sensing device.