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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9715769 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017

Filed:

May. 23, 2016

Process for determining state of a vehicle

Applicant:

Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Inventors:

William J. Chundrlik, Jr., Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Nathaniel Johnson, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Marc Wimmershoff, Aachen, DE;

Assignee:

MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Attorney:

Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP

Primary Examiner:

McDieunel Marc

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/02 (2006.01); B60W 40/114 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60W 30/08 (2012.01); B60W 30/12 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); G01P 3/50 (2006.01); G01P 13/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B60T 7/22 (2006.01); G01J 5/02 (2006.01); G01J 5/34 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/02 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60W 30/08 (2013.01); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 40/114 (2013.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); G01P 3/50 (2013.01); G01P 13/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/00798 (2013.01); G07C 5/08 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); B60R 2300/804 (2013.01); B60T 7/22 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0049 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/14 (2013.01); G01J 5/024 (2013.01); G01J 5/34 (2013.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process for determining a stationary state of a vehicle includes providing a camera and a control having an image processor. Vehicle data is provided to the control by an accelerometer of the vehicle and by at least one of (i) a transmission sensor of the vehicle and (ii) a speed sensor of the vehicle. A determination that the vehicle is stationary is made when at least one of (i) the control determines a jerk value that is approximately zero for a selected duration of time and the control receives vehicle data indicating that the speed of the vehicle was approximately zero for the selected duration of time and (ii) the control determines a jerk value that is approximately zero for a selected duration of time and the control receives vehicle data indicating that the transmission of the vehicle was in 'Park' for the selected duration of time.

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