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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2011
Frederic Marcel Sejalon, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Gunter Rottner, Wixom, MI (US);
Jeffrey Bochenek, Milford, MI (US);
Wolfgang Niehsen, Bad Salzdetfurth, DE;
Frederic Marcel Sejalon, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Gunter Rottner, Wixom, MI (US);
Jeffrey Bochenek, Milford, MI (US);
Wolfgang Niehsen, Bad Salzdetfurth, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A blind spot detection system. The system includes a camera mounted at the rear of a vehicle, a controller coupled to the camera, and an indicator coupled to the controller. The camera is configured to capture images in a field-of-view to the rear of the vehicle. The controller is configured to receive a signal from the camera indicative of the images, and controller determining when a second vehicle in the images enters a blind spot of the vehicle. The controller activates the indicator when the second vehicle enters the blind spot of the vehicle.