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High performance vehicle radar system

  • US 6,400,308 B1
  • Filed: 10/09/1998
  • Issued: 06/04/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A lane-change aid system for providing information to a driver of a vehicle about objects in a side-object region, said system comprising:

  • a radar sensor unit configured to provide radar target information to a user interface, said radar sensor configured to discriminate between multiple targets by having a programmable maximum detection range and a programmable minimum detection range and to use said programmable maximum detection range and said programmable minimum detection range to sweep through a desired region of detection ranges to search for targets in each detection range, thereby discriminating between multiple targets at different detection ranges; and

    a speedometer pick-up configured to provide vehicle speed information to said user interface, said user interface providing warnings to the driver according to said vehicle speed information and a range to a detected target.

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