Back-up proximity sensor for a vehicle

Details Back-up proximity sensor for a vehicle Back-up proximity sensor for a vehicle

1998-12-21

2000-02-01

Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Relative location

701301, 701 9, 324336, 340435, 180271, 56 167, B60Q 100

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060213736

ABSTRACT:
A back-up proximity sensor for a vehicle is formed with an array of sensor pairs. Each sensor pair includes a lower passive infrared sensor (PIR) having a first field of view and an upper PIR having a second field of view. Each lower PIR and upper PIR is vertically mounted with respect to one another. The lower PIR and upper PIR of each sensor pair are angularly directed such that the respective fields of view intersect, thereby establishing a detection zone in a region behind a vehicle. The sensor pairs are arranged in a substantially adjacent, semicircular configuration to provide a continuous area of coverage behind a vehicle. A detection circuit receives output signals from each sensor pair and generates an output signal indicative of a warm body being detected by both the upper and lower sensors in a selected sensor pair, eliminating false alarms generated by warm bodies outside the region of the desired detection zone.

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