Object detection system with a VCSEL diode array
US7777173B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 13, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 13, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S2013/93274
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A vehicle-mounted object detection system utilizing vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes as an emitter source to alert a motor vehicle operator to the presence of another moving vehicle in a monitored zone. The object detection system includes an optical transmitter and an optical receiver.
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