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Alarm device for vehicle

  • US 7,346,453 B2
  • Filed: 10/04/2004
  • Issued: 03/18/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An alarm device for a vehicle, comprising:

  • a distance measuring sensor for detecting a distance between an object in a slanting rear direction of a vehicle and said vehicle;

    a lane changing detection part for detecting said vehicle'"'"'s driver'"'"'s indication of his or her intention to make a lane change;

    an alarm object determination part for determining whether an object detected by said distance measuring sensor is an alarm object; and

    an alarm generation part for generating an alarm to said driver based on said distance detected by said distance measuring sensor, a determination result by said alarm object determination part, and a detection result by said lane changing detection part, whereinsaid alarm object determination part determines whether a certain object is an alarm object based on a chance with time in said distance to said certain object that has been detected continuously by said distance measuring sensor, and detection duration of said certain object by said distance measuring sensor.

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