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DISTANCE MEASURING AND MONITORING DEVICE EQUIPPED AUTOMOBILE REVERSE RADAR

  • US 20030067383A1
  • Filed: 10/04/2001
  • Published: 04/10/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A distance measuring and monitoring device equipped automobile reverse radar, comprising:

  • a photocoupler camera disposed at an automobile'"'"'s rear end for taking pictures behind the automobile with a wide-angle lens;

    a distance measuring inductor disposed at the rear end between two lateral corners of the automobile body for calculation of the lateral distance between an obstacle and those lateral corners of the automobile body basing on the ultrasonic principle;

    a video processor for treating pictures taken by the photocoupler camera, forwarding the treated pictures to a video synthesizer for synthesization, and transferring the same to an internal display;

    a display disposed inside the automobile at a proper position for showing the taken pictures and the distance from the obstacle to those lateral corners of the automobile body; and

    a power supply triggered by a gear signal for providing power to the photocoupler camera, the distance measuring inductor, and the display;

    whereby the detected distance between the obstacle and the automobile body is processed and shown in digits in the display to keep a user informed.

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