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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2008
Yvan Mimeault, Québec, CA;
Daniel Cantin, Québec, CA;
Yvan Mimeault, Québec, CA;
Daniel Cantin, Québec, CA;
Leddartech Inc., Quebec, CA;
Abstract
A method for providing driver assistance, comprising providing a vehicle with a visible-light source, driving the source to emit visible light in a predetermined mode, receiving a reflection/backscatter of the emitted visible light from an object and generating detected light data; identifying, using the driving data and the detected light data, at least one of a presence and a position of the object as a function of the reflection/backscatter received and of the predetermined mode, detecting a visibility in the environment using the driving data and the detected light data, triggering at least one of an interaction with a driver of the vehicle and an action of the vehicle as a function of at least one of the presence of the object, the position of the object and the visibility detected by the data/signal processor.