Wireless Signal Transceiver and Blind Spot Detection System

• US 20120154173A1
• Filed: 01/26/2011
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Inventors: Hsu, Cheng-Hsiung, Chang, Tsai-Wang, Hsu, Ta-Wei, Wu, Min-Jung
• Application Number:
  US13/013,821
• Publication Number:
  US 20120154173A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/904
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/931 of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/9315 Monitoring blind spots
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/93271 in the front of the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/93272 in the back of the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/93275 in the bumper area
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/032 Constructional details for solid-state radar subsystems
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/167 Driving aids for lane monitoring, lane changing, e.g. blind spot detection

Abstract

A wireless signal transceiver for a blind spot detection system includes a first substrate, a radio-frequency processing unit formed on the first substrate for transmitting a wireless signal and receiving a reflecting signal of the transmitted wireless signal, and a complex programmable logic device controlled by a digital signal processor for controlling operations of the radio-frequency processing unit according to at least a control command of the digital signal processor, so as to detect whether an object exists within a specific range.

Claims

1. A wireless signal transceiver, for a blind spot detection system, comprising:

a first substrate;

a radio-frequency processing unit, formed on the first substrate, for transmitting a wireless signal and receiving a reflecting signal of the transmitted wireless signal; and

a complex programmable logic device, controlled by a digital signal processor, for controlling operations of the radio-frequency processing unit according to at least one control command of the digital signal processor, so as to detect whether an object exists within a specific range.

2. The wireless signal transceiver of claim 1, further comprising:

a second substrate; and

a connector, for electrically connecting the first substrate and the second substrate;

wherein the complex programmable logic device is formed on the second substrate.

3. The wireless signal transceiver of claim 1, wherein the complex programmable logic device is formed on the first substrate.

4. The wireless signal transceiver of claim 1, wherein the digital signal processor is installed in another wireless signal transceiver of the blind spot detection system.

5. The wireless signal transceiver of claim 1, wherein the digital signal processor is installed in a control host of the blind spot detection system.

6. A blind spot detection system, comprising:

a plurality of alarms, each for generating an alarm signal;

a control host, for respectively controlling each of the plurality of alarms to generate a corresponding alarm signal according to a plurality of signal processing results;

a plurality of wireless signal transceivers, a first wireless signal transceiver of the plurality of wireless signal transceivers comprising;

a first substrate;

a radio-frequency processing unit, formed on the first substrate, for transmitting a wireless signal and receiving a reflecting signal of the transmitted wireless signal; and

a complex programmable logic device, for controlling operations of the radio-frequency processing unit according to at least one control command, so as to detect whether an object exists within a specific range; and

a digital signal processor, for outputting the at least one control command to control operations of the first wireless signal transceiver, and generating a signal processing result of the plurality of signal processing results according to a detection result generated by the complex programmable logic device of the first wireless signal transceiver.

7. The blind spot detection system of claim 6, wherein the first wireless signal transceiver further comprises:

a second substrate; and

a connector, for electrically connecting the first substrate and the second substrate;

wherein the complex programmable logic device is formed on the second substrate.

8. The blind spot detection system of claim 6, wherein the complex programmable logic device of the first wireless signal transceiver is formed on the first substrate.

9. The blind spot detection system of claim 6, wherein the digital signal processor is installed in another wireless signal transceiver different from the first wireless signal transceiver within the plurality of wireless signal transceivers.

10. The blind spot detection system of claim 6, wherein the digital signal processor is installed in the control host.