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Parking aid for a motor vehicle having sensors with substantially the same detection area

  • US 6,215,415 B1
  • Filed: 09/02/1999
  • Issued: 04/10/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A parking aid for a motor vehicle, which measures the distance between an object and the motor vehicle in a contactless manner, comprising a plurality of sensors which are arranged on the motor vehicle, each sensor emitting a signal and receiving the signal reflected from an object located in the direction of the signal, an evaluation device connected to the sensors determining the distance between the object and the motor vehicle from the signals received, wherein three sensors are arranged directly next to one another to provide substantially the same coverage of a detection area, and wherein the main signal of each sensor has approximately the same signal angle.

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