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SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AN IMPENDING COLLISION OF A VEHICLE

  • US 20100225522A1
  • Filed: 03/06/2009
  • Published: 09/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A sensor system for detecting an impending collision of a vehicle, the sensor system comprising:

  • a radar arrangement carried by the vehicle for providing radar output based on a plurality of radar measurements including a radar range measurement and a radar closing velocity of an object with respect to the vehicle;

    a vision arrangement carried by the vehicle for providing a side-looking image to an occupant of the vehicle and a vision output based on a plurality of vision measurements including presence of the object within a vision range and vision closing velocity of the object with respect to the vehicle; and

    an electronic control module in communication with the radar and vision arrangements and configured to produce an actuation signal for a safety device which is dependent upon evaluation of the radar and vision outputs.

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