Patent · US Active

Vehicle departure detecting device

US7532981B2 · kind B2 · utility

20Cited by
2References
8Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 26, 2006
Grant dateMay 12, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 19, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60W30/12
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Lane width information Winf acquired by a traffic lane detector is retrieved (step S1); when a value of the lane width information Winf is within a predetermined range of change amount relative to a lane width output Wout_old at a previous time step, i.e., not less than (Wout_old+Wdec) nor more than (Wout_old+Winc), Winf is used directly as the lane width output Wout (steps S5→S9→S11→S8); when the value of lane width information Winf is off the predetermined range, i.e., less than (Wout_old+Wdec), (Wout_old+Wdec) is outputted as the lane width output value Wout (steps S5→S9→S10→S8); when the value of lane width information Winf exceeds (Wout_old+Winc), (Wout_old+Winc) is outputted as the lane width output Wout (steps S5→S6→S8).

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.