Proximity detector
US5396070A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60Q9/006
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A proximity detector for motor cars, to aid parking, has 3 infra-red transmitter units 10-1 to 10-3 producing a zone of radiation 36 and two receiver units 20-1 and 20-2 producing a zone 46 of sensitivity to the radiation. Each transmitter unit has 3 transmitter elements housed behind a common aperture, and each receiver unit has 2 receiver elements housed behind a common aperture, giving for each unit a polar diagram with at least two distinct directions of high magnitude, the axes of peak radiation or sensitivity from the elements of a unit being divergent through the aperture and forming the directions of high magnitude. An indicating device indicates the amplitude of the combined signal from the receivers by means of a pulsed tone the pulse frequency of which is varied.
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