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Visual sensor system

  • US 4,985,847 A
  • Filed: 01/13/1988
  • Issued: 01/15/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image sensor system for a vehicle, comprising:

  • a one-dimensional array of photosensitive means mounted on said vehicle, said array of photosensitive means being arranged within an image plane and said array forming, within said image plane, a predetermined angle with respect to a line forming the intersection between said vehicle'"'"'s plane of motion and said image plane, such that edge features of images projected onto said image plane which are parallel to said intersection line and which are spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to said intersection line will have their respective points of intersection with said array spaced apart in the direction of said array angle, and image edge features projected onto said image plane which are perpendicular to said intersection line and which are spaced apart in a direction parallel with said intersection line will have their respective points of intersection with said array spaced apart in the direction of said array angle; and

    a processing means which, based on outputs from said photosensitive means, detects image edges within said image plane which are parallel or perpendicular to said intersection line.

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