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DISTANCE DETECTING APPARATUS, AIR BAG SYSTEM CONTROLLING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DETECTING DISTANCE

  • US 20080001386A1
  • Filed: 09/05/2007
  • Published: 01/03/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A distance detecting apparatus comprising:

  • a light emitting unit configured to emit a light in a light emitting direction, the light having a distributed pattern in a predetermined direction;

    a photographing device configured to obtain an image of an object along with a photographing direction;

    a holding mechanism configured to hold the light emitting unit and the photographing device in such a relation that (a) the photographing direction is not in a plane that includes both the light emitting direction and the predetermined direction of the distributed pattern, and (b) the photographing direction is not parallel to the light emitting direction; and

    a distance deriving unit configured to derive a distance between the object and a predetermined position based on the image obtained by the photographing device.

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