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Automotive forward looking sensor architecture

  • US 6,107,956 A
  • Filed: 07/26/1999
  • Issued: 08/22/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A Forward Looking Sensor (FLS) comprising:

  • (a) a transmit circuit comprising a transmit antenna for transmitting an RF signal, said transmit antenna comprising a plurality of radiating elements generating a plurality of radiating beams spaced relative to one another by a predetermined amount and wherein at least a portion of each antenna beam overlaps at least one other antenna beam by a predetermined amount and wherein the plurality of radiating elements generating a plurality of radiating beams comprises at least one beam pointing in an upward direction; and

    (b) a receive circuit comprising a receive antenna for receiving an RF signal.

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