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Collision avoidance system for vehicles

  • US 5,463,384 A
  • Filed: 03/09/1994
  • Issued: 10/31/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Collision avoidance apparatus mounted on a host vehicle to detect the presence of an adjacent vehicle within a monitored zone, comprising a detector module mounted on the host vehicle including a plurality of discrete sensor systems, characterized by each of said sensor systems comprisingemitting means for emitting a beam of light energy into a unique portion of the monitored zone,sensing means, having a field of view that includes only said beam, for sensing the light energy of the portion of said beam which is reflected from a surface on the adjacent vehicle that occupies said portion of the monitored zone, and for generating detection signals, andprocessing means for receiving and processing the detection signals generated by the sensing means of all of said sensor systems to determine the presence of the adjacent vehicle in the monitored zone.

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