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Combined Imaging and Distance Monitoring for Vehicular Applications

  • US 20080150786A1
  • Filed: 03/10/2008
  • Published: 06/26/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1997
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicular arrangement for obtaining information about objects exterior to the vehicle, comprising:

  • at least one combined imaging and distance measuring system arranged along an edge or a side of the vehicle, each of said at least one combined system including;

    an infrared illuminator for directing infrared illumination outward from the vehicle;

    an imager sensitive to infrared illumination and visible light, said imager being arranged to form images of an environment around the vehicle and thereby enable identification of objects in the images;

    a radar or laser radar system arranged to simultaneously determine a distance between the vehicle and objects identified in images obtained by said imager with the identification of the objects in the images; and

    a reactive system arranged on the vehicle to consider both the identification of the objects and their distance from the vehicle and react accordingly.

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