Method and Apparatus for Determining the Operation of a Vehicle Safety System
First Claim
1. A controller for a safety system on a vehicle comprising:
- a sensor input for receiving a signal from a safety system sensor;
a camera input for receiving a signal from a camera; and
a processor having control logic, the control logic capable of;
receiving the sensor signal indicating an absence of detected objects in a field of view of the safety system sensor;
receiving the camera signal indicating at least one non-vehicle object identified in the field of view of the camera; and
maintaining the active vehicle safety system as active in response to the sensor signal indicating the absence of detected objects and the camera signal indicating the identification of at least one visual non-vehicle object.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of an apparatus and method for determining the operation of a vehicle safety system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the controller for a safety system comprises a sensor input for receiving a signal from a safety system sensor; a camera input for receiving a signal from a camera; and a processor having control logic. The control logic is capable of receiving the sensor signal indicating an absence of detected objects in a field of view of the safety system sensor; receiving the camera signal indicating at least one non-vehicle object identified in the field of view of the camera; and maintaining the active vehicle safety system as active in response to the sensor signal indicating the absence of detected objects and the camera signal indicating the identification of at least one visual non-vehicle object.
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18 Claims
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1. A controller for a safety system on a vehicle comprising:
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a sensor input for receiving a signal from a safety system sensor; a camera input for receiving a signal from a camera; and a processor having control logic, the control logic capable of; receiving the sensor signal indicating an absence of detected objects in a field of view of the safety system sensor; receiving the camera signal indicating at least one non-vehicle object identified in the field of view of the camera; and maintaining the active vehicle safety system as active in response to the sensor signal indicating the absence of detected objects and the camera signal indicating the identification of at least one visual non-vehicle object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A controller for a safety system on a vehicle comprising:
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a sensor input for receiving a signal from a safety system sensor; an input for receiving a signal indicative of an environmental condition; a camera input for receiving a signal from a vehicle mounted camera; and a processor having control logic, the control logic capable of; receiving the sensor signal indicating an absence of detected objects in the field of view of the safety system sensor; receiving the environmental condition signal indicating the environment is outside a predetermined value; receiving the camera signal indicating a camera fault; and deactivating the active vehicle safety system in response to the sensor signal indicating the absence of detected objects, the environmental condition signal indicating the environment does not meet a predetermined value and the camera signal indicating a camera fault. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for determining the status of a sensor in an active vehicle safety system comprising:
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receiving a sensor signal indicating the absence of detected objects in the field of view of the sensor; receiving a camera signal indicating at least one visual non-vehicle object in the field of view of the camera; and maintaining the active vehicle safety system as active in response to the sensor signal indicating the absence of detected objects and the camera signal indicating at least one visual non-vehicle object. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A system for determining the status of a sensor in an active vehicle safety system comprising:
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a sensor for detecting objects in a field of view of the sensor; a camera for identifying objects in a field of view of the camera; and a controller in communication with the sensor and the camera, the controller having control logic capable of; receiving a sensor signal indicating of the absence of objects in the field of view of the sensor; receiving a camera signal indicating at least one non-vehicle object identified in the field of view of the camera; and maintaining the active vehicle safety system as active in response to the sensor signal and the camera signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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