Sensor system for motor vehicle
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1. An assembly comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to be supported by a motor vehicle;
a processing system including a controller, the controller communicatively coupled to said one or more sensors;
a user interface in communication with said controller;
wherein each sensor of said one or more sensors is configured to output an electrical signal responsive to detecting a physical object within a spatial sector projected on a surface sustaining said motor vehicle, a combination of spatial sectors composing a sensing perimeter; and
wherein said sensing perimeter is provided by a configurable shape, wherein the user interface allows a user to configure the configurable shape, wherein said processing system is configured, responsive to detecting, based on data items of the one or more sensors, a person approaching said motor vehicle, to transmit a notification so that a notification performed using a notification device light source includes light from the notification device light source being switched on and being automatically oriented generally in a direction of the approaching person.
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Abstract
There is set forth herein in one embodiment a system for detecting physical objects within a perimeter. The system can include one or more sensors configured to be supported by a motor vehicle. The system can include a processing system and the processing system can be configured to detect a physical object moving within the perimeter based on an output of the one or more sensors. The processing system can be configured to transmit a notification responsive to detecting a person approaching the motor vehicle.
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1. An assembly comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to be supported by a motor vehicle;
a processing system including a controller, the controller communicatively coupled to said one or more sensors;
a user interface in communication with said controller;
wherein each sensor of said one or more sensors is configured to output an electrical signal responsive to detecting a physical object within a spatial sector projected on a surface sustaining said motor vehicle, a combination of spatial sectors composing a sensing perimeter; and
wherein said sensing perimeter is provided by a configurable shape, wherein the user interface allows a user to configure the configurable shape, wherein said processing system is configured, responsive to detecting, based on data items of the one or more sensors, a person approaching said motor vehicle, to transmit a notification so that a notification performed using a notification device light source includes light from the notification device light source being switched on and being automatically oriented generally in a direction of the approaching person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- one or more sensors configured to be supported by a motor vehicle;
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7. A system for detecting physical objects within a perimeter, said system comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to be supported by a motor vehicle;
a processing system;
said processing system configured to detect a physical object moving within said perimeter based on an output of said one or more sensors; and
a notification device communicatively coupled to said processing system, said notification device being operative to emit light;
wherein said processing system is configured, responsive to detecting, based on data items of the one or more sensors and with the motor vehicle parked, a person approaching said motor vehicle, to transmit a notification via said notification device so that a notification performed using the notification device light source when the motor vehicle is parked includes the notification device emitting light to indicate a direction from which the approaching person is approaching said motor vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24)
- one or more sensors configured to be supported by a motor vehicle;
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18. A system comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to be supported by a motor vehicle;
a processing system communicatively coupled to said one or more sensors;
said processing system configured to detect a physical object moving within a perimeter; and
a notification device communicatively coupled to said processing system;
wherein said processing system is further configured, responsive to detecting, based on one or more sensor data items of said one or more sensors, a person approaching said motor vehicle, to transmit a notification via said notification device, and wherein the notification device is in communication with the processing system via a wireless communication interface, wherein the system includes a user interface for configuring the system, wherein the user interface is in communication with the processing system via a wireless communication interface, wherein the system includes a second notification device, wherein, each of the notification device and the second notification device can be activated or deactivated with use of the user interface, wherein the user interface allows a user to input an identifier of a device for performing the notification, wherein the user interface allows a user to designate types of events sensed by said system that are logged into a non-volatile memory of said system, wherein said perimeter is of a configurable shape and wherein the user interface allows a user to configure the configurable shape, wherein the user interface allows a user to specify a threshold distance at which said person approaching said motor vehicle is detected, and wherein the system is adapted to filter out a detecting of a person moving toward the motor vehicle based on direction of travel of a moving physical object. - View Dependent Claims (19, 22, 25)
- one or more sensors configured to be supported by a motor vehicle;
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26. A system for detecting physical objects within a perimeter, said system comprising:
- one or more sensors;
a light bar mountable on a roof of a motor vehicle, said light bar including two or more light sources and said one or more sensors disposed within a housing of said light bar;
a processing system;
said processing system configured to detect a physical object moving within said perimeter; and
a notification device communicatively coupled to said processing system, said notification device including a notification device light source configured to direct light externally from said motor vehicle;
wherein said processing system, when said motor vehicle is parked, is configured, responsive to detecting, based on data items of the one or more sensors, a person approaching said motor vehicle, to transmit a notification via said notification device so that a notification performed using the notification device light source includes the notification device light source being switched on and the notification device light source being automatically oriented generally in a direction of the person approaching said motor vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
- one or more sensors;
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31. A system comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to be supported by a motor vehicle;
a processing system communicatively coupled to said one or more sensors;
said processing system, when said motor vehicle is parked, configured to detect a physical object moving within a perimeter; and
a notification device communicatively coupled to said processing system;
wherein said processing system, when said motor vehicle is parked, is further configured, responsive to detecting, based on one or more sensor data items of said one or more sensors, a person approaching said motor vehicle, to transmit a notification via said notification device, and, wherein said processing system is adapted to filter out a moving physical object based on a direction of travel of the moving physical object, so that the moving physical object, when filtered out, is not detected as a person approaching motor vehicle, wherein said processing system is configured, responsive to detecting, based on data items of the one or more sensors, a person approaching said motor vehicle, to transmit a notification via said notification device so that a notification performed using a notification device light source of the notification device when the motor vehicle is parked includes the notification device light source being switched on, and being automatically oriented generally in a direction of the approaching person. - View Dependent Claims (32)
- one or more sensors configured to be supported by a motor vehicle;
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