MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A monitoring system for a vehicle, said vehicle having at least one part movable along a path of movement, said system including:
- at least one infrared transmitter;
at least one infrared receiver adapted to receive infrared signals transmitted by said infrared transmitter; and
output means;
wherein said infrared transmitter and said infrared receiver are positioned one on each side of said path of movement of said movable part; and
wherein, in operation, said output means is adapted to produce an output in response to said at least one infrared receiver receiving no infrared signals from said at least one infrared transmitter.
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Abstract
A monitoring system for a car (10) having a top (12) movable along a path of movement is disclosed as including a number of pairs of infrared (IR) transmitters (22a, 22b) and infrared (IR) receivers (24a, 24b), in which each IR receiver is adapted to receive IR signals transmitted by a respective IR transmitter, and output means (52), in which the IR transmitters and IR receivers are positioned on each side of the path of movement of the top, and, in operation, the output means is adapted to produce an audio and/or visual output if at least one of the IR receivers receives no IR signals from the respective IR transmitter.
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11 Claims
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1. A monitoring system for a vehicle, said vehicle having at least one part movable along a path of movement, said system including:
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at least one infrared transmitter; at least one infrared receiver adapted to receive infrared signals transmitted by said infrared transmitter; and output means; wherein said infrared transmitter and said infrared receiver are positioned one on each side of said path of movement of said movable part; and wherein, in operation, said output means is adapted to produce an output in response to said at least one infrared receiver receiving no infrared signals from said at least one infrared transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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