Communications: electrical – Land vehicle alarms or indicators – Of relative distance from an obstacle
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-07
2006-03-07
Hofsass, Jeffery (Department: 2632)
Communications: electrical
Land vehicle alarms or indicators
Of relative distance from an obstacle
C340S438000, C340S903000, C340S905000, C701S301000, C701S200000, C701S045000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07009500
ABSTRACT:
A pre-crash sensing system is coupled to a countermeasure system that has at least a first countermeasure and a second countermeasure. The pre-crash sensing system has a vision system (26) that generates an object size signal and an object distance signal. A controller (12) is coupled to the vision system (26) and deploys either the first countermeasure or first and second countermeasures in response to the object distance and object size.
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Prakah-Asante Kwaku O.
Rao Manoharprasad K.
Strumolo Gary Steven
Ford Global Technologies LLC
Hofsass Jeffery
MacKenzie Frank A.
Previl Daniel
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