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Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2016
Applicants:

Denso International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);

Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;

Inventors:

Ting-Yu Lai, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Miki Sato, Brownstown, MI (US);

Bo Sun, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Assignees:

DENSO International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);

DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/167 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method are provided and include a blind spot monitoring system with a blind spot sensor that monitors a focus area within a blind spot detection area of a subject vehicle and that generates an alert when a secondary vehicle is detected within the focus area of the blind spot detection area. A controller receives data corresponding to an amount of traffic at a location of the subject vehicle, determines the level of traffic at the location of the subject vehicle based on the data, and reduces the focus area when the level of traffic is greater than a predetermined threshold.


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