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Lane change detecting system for mobile bodies and mobile body detecting device employed in such system

US5942993A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 26, 1997
Grant dateAug 24, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 26, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0236
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lane change detecting system includes an emission unit for emitting a predetermined signal, the emission unit being provided in a boundary between lanes of a road so that the predetermined signal emitted by the emission unit is affected by a mobile body which crosses the boundary between the lanes, a receiving unit which is provided in the boundary between the lanes for receiving the predetermined signal emitted by the emission unit and outputting a receiving signal corresponding to the received signal, and a determination unit for determining, based on a state of the receiving signal from the receiving unit, whether a mobile body crossed across the boundary between the lanes.

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