Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – Return signal controls external device – Radar mounted on and controls land vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-29
2007-05-29
Sotomayor, John B. (Department: 3662)
Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,
Return signal controls external device
Radar mounted on and controls land vehicle
C342S071000, C340S903000, C340S435000, C340S436000, C701S301000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11004902
ABSTRACT:
To provide a preceding-vehicle detecting apparatus, own-vehicle controlling apparatus and preceding-vehicle detecting method capable of detecting a preceding vehicle in a more reliable manner, a preceding-vehicle detecting apparatus (1) comprises: a millimeter wave radar (11); a measuring-target-point-group generating part (131) setting measuring-target points based on reflected waves, and single-connecting those measuring-target points having the same relative velocities to thereby generate measuring-target point groups, respectively; a group-relative-velocity determining part (132) extracting those measuring-target point groups which meets conditions for preceding vehicle, respectively; and a temporal continuity judging part (133) regarding those measuring-target point groups as preceding vehicles, each of which has a number of detected times equal to or larger than a prescribed value (N1).
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McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Sotomayor John B.
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