Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Aeronautical vehicle
Patent
1996-03-06
2000-03-14
Nguyen, Tan
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Aeronautical vehicle
701 10, 701 72, 701223, 340436, 340438, 340905, 25055906, G06F 1700
Patent
active
060384964
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a vehicle with a laterally mounted optical scanning device for zero-contact scanning of a lateral highway area and an evaluation unit connected thereto. The optical scanning device comprises a linear array of infrared transmitting devices located side by side and a corresponding CCD array, and the connected evaluation unit is programmed to perform time measurement, contrast measurement, and contour recognition. With this optical scanning system, a function to warn against falling asleep, an automatic lane maintenance function, a rear-area monitoring or environment monitoring function for the vehicle can be provided, with reaction to various types of lane boundaries being possible depending on the situation.
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Betzitza Peter
Dobler Gunter
Hartlieb Markus
Rothe Siegfried
Arthur Gertrude
Daimler-Chrysler AG
Nguyen Tan
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