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DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE

  • US 20170028916A1
  • Filed: 10/10/2016
  • Published: 02/02/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A driver assistance system for a vehicle, said driver assistance system comprising:

  • a vision system comprising a camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said driver assistance system, said camera having a field of view that encompasses a road being traveled along by the equipped vehicle;

    a control disposed at or in the equipped vehicle and comprising an image processor;

    wherein image data captured by said camera is provided to said control and is processed by said image processor;

    wherein said image processor processes data at a processing speed of at least 30 MIPS;

    wherein, responsive to image processing by said image processor of image data captured by said camera, lane markers on the road being traveled along by the equipped vehicle are detected;

    wherein, responsive to image processing by said image processor of image data captured by said camera, said control determines a lane being traveled by the equipped vehicle;

    a sensing system operable to detect other vehicles present exterior the equipped vehicle;

    wherein said sensing system comprises a radar sensor disposed at the equipped vehicle and having a field of sensing exterior of the equipped vehicle as the equipped vehicle travels along the road;

    wherein radar data generated by said radar sensor is provided to said control;

    wherein radar data generated by said radar sensor and image data captured by said camera are fused at said control;

    wherein said control receives vehicle data relating to the equipped vehicle via a vehicle bus of the equipped vehicle; and

    wherein, responsive at least in part to processing of radar data generated by said radar sensor and of image data captured by said camera, said control detects another vehicle present on the road being traveled along by the equipped vehicle and determines that the other vehicle is travelling in a next but one lane to the lane the equipped vehicle is travelling along.

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