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Vehicular control system

US12024161B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 2023
Grant dateJul 2, 2024
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Expiry dateSep 11, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G1/168
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A vehicular control system includes a plurality of sensors disposed at a vehicle so as to have a combined field of sensing forward, rearward and sideward of the vehicle. Data captured by the sensors as the vehicle moves along a road is processed at a control for detecting objects present exterior the vehicle. The control designates a plurality of locations within the fields of sensing. As the vehicle moves along the road, the control increases a value for each designated location when an object is detected at that designated location, and decreases the value for each designated location when an object is not detected at that designated location, and generates an object map based on values for the designated locations. The greater the value for a particular designated location, the greater the probability an object is present at that particular designated location.

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