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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIDE VISION DETECTION OF OBSTACLES FOR VEHICLES

  • US 20080304705A1
  • Filed: 12/12/2007
  • Published: 12/11/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for detecting objects and vehicles comprising:

  • a pair of cameras mounted on a host vehicle, and arranged with respect to each other in a narrow-baseline orientation and directed rearwardly from a front section of the host vehicle so as to view an area along a side of the host vehicle and beyond a back end of the host vehicle;

    a processor that detects an object or vehicle and that derives an approximate range based upon an input image from each of the pair of cameras; and

    an output device that reports detection of the object or vehicle within a predetermined range of the host vehicle.

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