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Object detection system with a VCSEL diode array

US7777173B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 13, 2007
Grant dateAug 17, 2010
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Expiry dateApr 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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