Optics: measuring and testing – Range or remote distance finding – With photodetection
Patent
1997-12-16
2000-04-25
Buczinski, Stephen C.
Optics: measuring and testing
Range or remote distance finding
With photodetection
180167, 180169, 342 71, 367 96, 901 46, G01C 308, B60T 716, B25J 1900
Patent
active
060550422
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus is disclosed to detect an obstacle in the path of a mobile machine. The present invention scans a field of interest by each of a plurality of obstacle sensor systems, weights the scanned data received from the obstacle sensor systems, and determines at least one characteristic of the obstacle as a function of the weighted scanned data.
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ASN # 08/432,389 filed May 1, 1995; Inventor: Whittaker, et al.
Buczinski Stephen C.
Caterpillar Inc.
Lundquist Steven D.
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