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Device for detecting road surface condition

US4781465A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 9, 1987
Grant dateNov 1, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60G2401/17
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for detecting road surface condition in front of a running car by radiating a directional beam or beams onto a point or points on the road surface at predetermined distance or distances in front of the car body and receiving the reflected beam or beams from said point or points, and determining the road surface condition based on the measurement of the distance or distances.

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