Driving separation distance indicator
First Claim
1. A driving separation indication system for a subject vehicle, said driving separation indication system comprising:
- an imaging sensor mounted at the subject vehicle and having a field of view generally exteriorly of the subject vehicle, said imaging sensor being operable to capture an image of a scene occurring exteriorly of the vehicle;
a control operable to determine a threshold interspacing distance in response to a speed of the subject vehicle, said control being operable to process said image and to detect another vehicle spaced from the subject vehicle via processing of said image, said control being operable to determine a distance from the subject vehicle to the other vehicle; and
at least one indicator operable in response to said control, said control being operable to at least occasionally actuate said at least one indicator in response to said determined distance from the subject vehicle to the other vehicle being less than or equal to said threshold interspacing distance.
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Abstract
A driving separation indication system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor, a control and at least one indicator. The control is operable to process an image captured by the imaging sensor representative of a scene occurring exteriorly of the subject vehicle and to detect another vehicle via processing of the image. The control is operable to determine a threshold interspacing distance in response to a speed of the subject vehicle, and is operable to determine a distance from the subject vehicle to the detected other vehicle. The control is operable to at least occasionally actuate the indicator in response to the distance from the subject vehicle to the other vehicle being less than or equal to the threshold interspacing distance. The control may generally continuously determine the speed of the vehicle and the threshold interspacing distance to provide an appropriate threshold interspacing distance.
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29 Claims
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1. A driving separation indication system for a subject vehicle, said driving separation indication system comprising:
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an imaging sensor mounted at the subject vehicle and having a field of view generally exteriorly of the subject vehicle, said imaging sensor being operable to capture an image of a scene occurring exteriorly of the vehicle;
a control operable to determine a threshold interspacing distance in response to a speed of the subject vehicle, said control being operable to process said image and to detect another vehicle spaced from the subject vehicle via processing of said image, said control being operable to determine a distance from the subject vehicle to the other vehicle; and
at least one indicator operable in response to said control, said control being operable to at least occasionally actuate said at least one indicator in response to said determined distance from the subject vehicle to the other vehicle being less than or equal to said threshold interspacing distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A center high mounted stop lamp module for a subject vehicle comprising:
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a housing positionable at a rear portion of the subject vehicle;
at least one indicator positioned within said housing and directed generally rearwardly with respect to the direction of travel of the subject vehicle when said housing is positioned at the rear portion of the subject vehicle, at least one of said at least one indicator being connectable to an electrical wire of the subject vehicle and actuatable in response to actuation of the brake pedal of the subject vehicle; and
a driving separation indicating system comprising;
an imaging sensor positioned within said housing and having a field of view generally rearwardly with respect to the direction of travel of the subject vehicle when said housing is positioned at the rear portion of the subject vehicle, said imaging sensor being operable to capture an image of a scene occurring rearwardly of the vehicle; and
a control positioned within said housing and operable to determine a threshold following distance in response to a'"'"'speed of the subject vehicle, said control being operable to process said image and to detect a vehicle following the subject vehicle via processing of said image, said control being operable to determine a distance from the subject vehicle to the following vehicle, said control being operable to at least occasionally actuate said at least one indicator in response to said distance from the subject vehicle to the following vehicle being less than or equal to said threshold following distance. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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