Obstacle detecting system for vehicles
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1. An obstacle detection system for a vehicle for detecting an obstacle in the forward path of travel of the vehicle, said obstacle detection system comprising:
- object detecting means equipped in a vehicle for detecting kinetic attributes relative to the vehicle of an object present in a forward path of travel of said vehicle at predetermined regular intervals;
object zone setting means for setting a presumed object zone into which said object at a preceding detection is presumed to enter at a latest detection of said object based on said kinetic attributes provided during said preceding detection of said object; and
object proving means for proving an object of said latest detection as said object of said preceding detection when said object of said latest detection is determined to be one that has moved into said presumed object zone based on comparison of kinetic attributes provided during said latest detection of said object with said presumed object zone.
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Abstract
An obstacle detection system for vehicles detects kinetic attributes relative to a vehicle equipped with the system of an object present in a forward path of travel of the vehicle, sets a presumed zone into which the object is expected to have entered at a lapse of a specified period based on the kinetic attributes, and proves an object detected at a lapse of the specified period as the object previously detected if the object of second detection is determined as one having moved into the presumed zone and an obstacle precarious to the vehicle.
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1. An obstacle detection system for a vehicle for detecting an obstacle in the forward path of travel of the vehicle, said obstacle detection system comprising:
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object detecting means equipped in a vehicle for detecting kinetic attributes relative to the vehicle of an object present in a forward path of travel of said vehicle at predetermined regular intervals; object zone setting means for setting a presumed object zone into which said object at a preceding detection is presumed to enter at a latest detection of said object based on said kinetic attributes provided during said preceding detection of said object; and object proving means for proving an object of said latest detection as said object of said preceding detection when said object of said latest detection is determined to be one that has moved into said presumed object zone based on comparison of kinetic attributes provided during said latest detection of said object with said presumed object zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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10. An obstacle detection system for a vehicle for detecting an obstacle in the forward path of travel of the vehicle, said obstacle detection system comprising:
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object detecting means equipped in a vehicle for detecting kinetic attributes relative to the vehicle of an object present in a forward path of travel of said vehicle; object zone setting means for setting a presumed object zone into which said object is presumed to have entered at a lapse of a predetermined period of time based on said kinetic attributes provided during a first detection of said object; object proving means for proving an object second detected at a lapse of said predetermined period of time by said object detecting means as said object of said first detection when said object of said second detection is determined to be one that has moved into said presumed object zone based on comparison of kinetic attributes provided during said second detection of said object with said presumed object zone; and object entry means for selecting objects estimated as obstacles precarious to the vehicle among a plurality of said objects proved by said object proving means and entering only said selected objects as obstacles, and object identifying means for comparing kinetic attributes of each said objects entered with those of another so as to determine identity of each of said objects with another. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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