Rear viewing system for vehicles
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1. A system for assisting an operator while backing into a given parking site a self-propelled transporter having a forwardly facing operator'"'"'s station from which the operator'"'"'s vision directly to the rear of the transporter is blocked by part of the transporter;
- a closed circuit video system including rearwardly directed camera means at the rear of the transporter for viewing the zone immediately to the rear of the transporter otherwise blocked from the operator'"'"'s vision, and a viewing montior at the operator'"'"'s station operatively connected to the camera means;
distance indicating means for visually indicating at the operator'"'"'s station, as the transporter is being backed into a parking site, the decreasing distance from the transporter to the rear end of the parking site;
a backing target having a preselected dimensional parameter for placing at the parking site to be viewed by the camera as the transporter is backed toward the parking site; and
legend means coupled to said viewing monitor in said video system for providing an indication at said monitor, as the transporter approaches said target while being backed, of the decreasing distance from the transporter to the backing target by utilizing the correspondingly increasing size of the preselected dimensional parameter of the backing target image appearing at the monitor.
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Abstract
A visual aid system for assisting an operator while he maneuvers a vehicle comprises a closed circuit video system having distance measuring apparatus. The system enables the operator to see behind the vehicle and, through the use of the distance indicating apparatus, the operator can tell how far the rear of the vehicle is from objects seen via the video system.
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1. A system for assisting an operator while backing into a given parking site a self-propelled transporter having a forwardly facing operator'"'"'s station from which the operator'"'"'s vision directly to the rear of the transporter is blocked by part of the transporter;
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a closed circuit video system including rearwardly directed camera means at the rear of the transporter for viewing the zone immediately to the rear of the transporter otherwise blocked from the operator'"'"'s vision, and a viewing montior at the operator'"'"'s station operatively connected to the camera means; distance indicating means for visually indicating at the operator'"'"'s station, as the transporter is being backed into a parking site, the decreasing distance from the transporter to the rear end of the parking site; a backing target having a preselected dimensional parameter for placing at the parking site to be viewed by the camera as the transporter is backed toward the parking site; and legend means coupled to said viewing monitor in said video system for providing an indication at said monitor, as the transporter approaches said target while being backed, of the decreasing distance from the transporter to the backing target by utilizing the correspondingly increasing size of the preselected dimensional parameter of the backing target image appearing at the monitor. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A system for assisting an operator while backing into a given parking site a self-propelled transporter having a forwardly facing operator'"'"'s station from which the operator'"'"'s vision directly to the rear of the transporter is blocked by part of the transporter;
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a closed circuit video system including rearwardly directed camera means at the rear of the transporter for viewing the zone immediately to the rear of the transporter otherwise blocked from the operator'"'"'s vision, and a viewing monitor at the operator'"'"'s station operatively connected to the camera means; and distance indicating means for visually indicating at the operator'"'"'s station, as the transporter is being backed into a parking site, the decreasing distance from the transporter to the rear end of the parking site, said distance indicating means comprising the mirror image of a plurality of distance indicating indicia located on the ground surface of the parking site to show the respective distance from each of the indicia to the rear end of the parking site, said camera means being arranged and adapted to view the rear extremity of the transporter as the latter backs over said indicia. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A system for assisting an operator while backing into a given parking site a self-propelled transporter having a forwardly facing operator'"'"'s station from which the operator'"'"'s vision directly to the rear of the transporter is blocked by part of the transporter;
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a closed circuit video system including rearwardly directed camera means at the rear of the transporter for viewing the zone immediately to the rear of the transporter otherwise blocked from the operator'"'"'s vision, and a viewing monitor at the operator'"'"'s station operatively connected to the camera means; and distance indicating means for visually indicating at the operator'"'"'s station, as the transporter is being backed into a parking site, the decreasing distance from the transporter to the rear end of the parking site, said distance indicating means comprising a portable strip with distance indicating indicia thereon for manual placement longitudinally of a selected parking site. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A system for assisting an operator while backing into a given parking site a self-propelled transporter having a forwardly facing operator'"'"'s station from which the operator'"'"'s vision directly to the rear of the transporter is blocked by part of the transporter;
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a closed circuit video system including rearwardly directed camera means at the rear of the transporter for viewing the zone immediately to the rear of the transporter otherwise blocked from the operator'"'"'s vision, and a viewing monitor at the operator'"'"'s station operatively connected to the camera means; and distance indicating means for visually indicating at the operator'"'"'s station, as the transporter is being backed into a parking site, the decreasing distance from the transporter to the rear end of the parking site, said distance indicating means comprises a target means at the parking site for emitting some preselected form of detectable emanations and range finder means on the transporter adapted to provide a readout at the operator'"'"'s station indicating the distance from the transporter to the target in response to said detectable emanations. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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