Truck clearance anti-collision device
First Claim
1. A vehicle clearance anti-collision device, comprising:
- a) means provided for generating an ultrasonic wave;
b) means provided for receiving the ultrasonic wave generated by said ultrasonic wave generating means and reflected off an object;
c) means provided for mounting said ultrasonic wave generating means and said ultrasonic wave receiving means on a portion of a vehicle;
d) said mounting means being configured for causing said ultrasonic wave generating means to transmit a vertical ultrasonic wave;
e) means operatively connected to said ultrasonic wave generating means and to said ultrasonic wave receiving means for determining a vertical difference between the object and the height of the vehicle; and
f) means operatively connected to said vertical difference determining means for generating a human-recognizable piece of information corresponding to the vertical difference determined by said vertical difference determining means.
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Abstract
Vehicle clearance anti-collision device includes an ultrasonic wave transmitter transducer and an ultrasonic wave receiver transducer for receiving waves generated by the ultrasonic wave transmitter transducer and reflected off an object disposed vertically above the vehicle. The device is mountable on a portion of a vehicle for transmitting substantially vertical ultrasonic waves. A computer device operatively associated with the ultrasonic wave transmitter and receiver transducers calculates the vertical difference between the object and the height of the truck and provides human-recognizable information to the operator of the truck as to the vertical clearance available between the object and an uppermost portion of the vehicle.
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14 Claims
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1. A vehicle clearance anti-collision device, comprising:
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a) means provided for generating an ultrasonic wave; b) means provided for receiving the ultrasonic wave generated by said ultrasonic wave generating means and reflected off an object; c) means provided for mounting said ultrasonic wave generating means and said ultrasonic wave receiving means on a portion of a vehicle; d) said mounting means being configured for causing said ultrasonic wave generating means to transmit a vertical ultrasonic wave; e) means operatively connected to said ultrasonic wave generating means and to said ultrasonic wave receiving means for determining a vertical difference between the object and the height of the vehicle; and f) means operatively connected to said vertical difference determining means for generating a human-recognizable piece of information corresponding to the vertical difference determined by said vertical difference determining means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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