APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE IN A VEHICLE
First Claim
1. Apparatus for determining the ground speed of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- two or more vehicle-mounted sensors including at least one radar sensor and one acoustic sensor, wherein each of the vehicle-mounted sensors is associated with a respective vehicle subsystem; and
a controller for calculating the ground speed of the vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to receive a data input from each vehicle-mounted sensor, to calculate a ground speed value based on the received data input and to provide ground speed output data signal to one or more client systems of the vehicle.
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Abstract
Apparatus for determining the ground speed of a vehicle comprising, two or more vehicle-mounted sensors including at least one radar sensor and at least one acoustic sensor, wherein the or each of the vehicle-mounted sensors is associated with a respective vehicle subsystem, a controller for calculating the ground speed of the vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to receive a data input from the or each vehicle-mounted sensor, to calculate a ground speed value based on the received data input and to provide ground speed output data signal to one or more client systems of the vehicle. The invention also resides in a method for determining the ground speed of a vehicle and a computer program product that embodies said method.
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25 Claims
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1. Apparatus for determining the ground speed of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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two or more vehicle-mounted sensors including at least one radar sensor and one acoustic sensor, wherein each of the vehicle-mounted sensors is associated with a respective vehicle subsystem; and a controller for calculating the ground speed of the vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to receive a data input from each vehicle-mounted sensor, to calculate a ground speed value based on the received data input and to provide ground speed output data signal to one or more client systems of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for determining the ground speed of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes two or more vehicle-mounted sensors including at least one radar sensor and one acoustic sensor, wherein each of the vehicle-mounted sensors are associated with a respective one of a plurality of vehicle subsystems, wherein the method comprises:
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receiving a data input from each of the respective two or more vehicle-mounted sensors; calculating a ground speed value based on the received data input; and providing ground speed output data signal to one or more client systems of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23)
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