SENSOR SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A light bar assembly comprising:
- an elongated housing mountable to a roof of a motor vehicle, said elongated housing comprising a plurality of light transmissive sections;
two or more light sources disposed within said elongated housing;
one or more sensors disposed in an interleaved configuration with said two or more light sources;
a controller communicatively coupled to said light bar via a wired interface, said wired interface comprising one or more data wires and one or more electric power wires;
wherein at least one data wire of said wired interface is communicatively coupled to at least one sensor of said one or more sensors ;
wherein each sensor of said one or more sensors is configured to output an electrical signal responsive to detecting a physical object within a spatial sector, a projection on a surface sustaining said motor vehicle of said spatial sector being a circle sector, a combination of all circle sectors composing a sensing perimeter; and
wherein said sensing perimeter is provided by a full circle with a center disposed within a projection of said motor vehicle onto said surface.
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Abstract
A light bar assembly can comprise an elongated housing mountable to a roof of a motor vehicle and comprising a plurality of light transmissive sections. The light bar assembly can further comprise two or more light sources disposed within the elongated housing, and one or more sensors disposed in an interleaved configuration with the light sources. The light bar assembly can further comprise a controller communicatively coupled to the light bar via a wired interface including data wires and electric power wires. The data wires can be communicatively coupled to the sensors. Each sensor can be configured to output an electrical signal responsive to detecting a physical object within a spatial sector.
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35 Claims
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1. A light bar assembly comprising:
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an elongated housing mountable to a roof of a motor vehicle, said elongated housing comprising a plurality of light transmissive sections; two or more light sources disposed within said elongated housing; one or more sensors disposed in an interleaved configuration with said two or more light sources; a controller communicatively coupled to said light bar via a wired interface, said wired interface comprising one or more data wires and one or more electric power wires; wherein at least one data wire of said wired interface is communicatively coupled to at least one sensor of said one or more sensors ; wherein each sensor of said one or more sensors is configured to output an electrical signal responsive to detecting a physical object within a spatial sector, a projection on a surface sustaining said motor vehicle of said spatial sector being a circle sector, a combination of all circle sectors composing a sensing perimeter; and wherein said sensing perimeter is provided by a full circle with a center disposed within a projection of said motor vehicle onto said surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A light bar assembly comprising:
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an elongated housing mountable to a roof of a motor vehicle, said elongated housing comprising a plurality of light transmissive sections; two or more light sources disposed within said elongated housing; one or more sensors disposed in an interleaved configuration with said two or more light sources; a controller communicatively coupled to said light bar via a wired interface, said wired interface comprising one or more data wires and one or more electric power wires; a user interface in communication with said controller; wherein at least one data wire of said wired interface is communicatively coupled to at least one sensor of said one or more sensors ; wherein each sensor of said one or more sensors is configured to output an electrical signal responsive to detecting a physical object within a spatial sector, a projection on a surface sustaining said motor vehicle of said spatial sector being a circle sector, a combination of all circle sectors composing a sensing perimeter; and wherein said sensing perimeter is provided by a configurable arbitrary shape.
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13. A system for detecting physical objects within a configurable perimeter, said system comprising:
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a light bar mountable on a roof of a motor vehicle, said light bar including two or more light sources and one or more sensors disposed within a housing of said light bar; a controller communicatively coupled to said light bar via a first wired interface, said first wired interface comprising one or more data wires and one or more power wires; an electric power supply electrically coupled to said controller via at least one wire; a processing unit communicatively coupled to said controller via a second wired interface, said second wired interface comprising one or more data wires; a software module executable by said processing unit, said software module configured to detect a physical object moving within said configurable perimeter; and a notification device communicatively coupled to said processing unit; wherein at least one data wire of said first wired interface is configured to carry one or more sensor data items received from at least one sensor of said one or more sensors; wherein at least one data wire of said second wired interface is configured to carry data received from said controller, said data comprising one of;
said one or more sensor data items, one or more data items derived from said one or more sensor data items;wherein said software module is configured, responsive to detecting, based on said data received from said controller, a person approaching said motor vehicle, to transmit a notification via said notification device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for detecting physical objects within a configurable perimeter, said system comprising:
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a light bar mountable on a roof of a motor vehicle, said light bar including two or more light sources and one or more sensors disposed within a housing of said light bar; a processing unit communicatively coupled to said one or more sensors via one of;
a wired interface comprising one or more data wires, a wireless interface;a software module executable by said processing unit, said software module configured to detect a physical object moving within said configurable perimeter; and a notification device communicatively coupled to said processing unit; wherein said software module is configured, responsive to receiving from at least one sensor of said one or more sensors one or more sensor data items comprising coordinates of a physical object, to convert said coordinates into a universal coordinate system common for one or more sensors of said one or more sensors; and wherein said software module is further configured, responsive to detecting, based on said one or more sensor data items, a person approaching said motor vehicle, to transmit a notification via said notification device. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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