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Vehicle surrounding circumstance discriminating system, vehicle surrounding monitoring system and vehicle obstacle warning system and related methods

  • US 6,756,916 B2
  • Filed: 02/07/2002
  • Issued: 06/29/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle surrounding circumstance discriminating system for a vehicle comprising:

  • a vehicle speed detection unit detecting a vehicle speed;

    an action detecting unit detecting a driver'"'"'s action; and

    a surrounding circumstance discriminating unit discriminating a good or bad visibility area around a vehicle surrounding on the basis of the vehicle speed and the driver'"'"'s action, wherein;

    said surrounding circumstance discriminating unit discriminates that a vehicle travels across a poor visibility area upon detection of the vehicle speed decreasing below a given value and detection of a driver'"'"'s given action.

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