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Approaching vehicle detecting system and approaching vehicle detecting method

US9103903B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 13, 2012
Grant dateAug 11, 2015
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Expiry dateApr 13, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S11/14
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An approaching vehicle detecting system that detects an approaching vehicle on the basis of sounds collected by a plurality of sound collectors mounted on a host vehicle determines whether a transverse moving direction of a sound source detected by the plurality of sound collectors is a direction approaching the host vehicle, determines whether a vertical position of the sound source detected using the plurality of sound collectors is in the same plane as that of the host vehicle, and detects that sound source as the approaching vehicle when it is determined that the transverse moving direction of the sound source is the direction approaching the host vehicle and the vertical position of the sound source is in the same plane as that of the host vehicle.

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