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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Zorg Industries Pty Ltd, Lane Cove, AU;
Inventor:
Tarik Hammadou, Surry Hills, AU;
Assignee:
ZORG INDUSTRIES PTY LTD, Lane Cove, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/86 (2006.01); B60W 30/08 (2012.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/02 (2006.01); G01S 15/93 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/08 (2013.01); B60Q 9/006 (2013.01); B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 15/025 (2013.01); G01S 15/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/0255 (2013.01); G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); B60R 2300/301 (2013.01); G01S 2015/938 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of providing range measurements for use with a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: a) visually sensing () the area adjacent the vehicle to produce visual sense data (); b) range sensing () objects around the vehicle to produce range sense data; c) combining the visual sense data and the range sense data to produce, with respect to the vehicle, an estimate of ranges to the objects around the vehicle (). The estimate of ranges to the objects around the vehicle may be displayed () to a driver.