EP1566657A3

Collision detection system and method of estimating target crossing location

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A collision detection system and method of estimating a crossing location (C) are provided. The system includes a first sensor (12A) for sensing an object (16) in a field of view (15) and sensing a first range (R1) defined as the distance between the object (16) and the first sensor (12A). The system also includes a second sensor (12B) for sensing the object (16) in the field of view and sensing a second range (R2) defined by the distance between the object (16) and the second sensor (12B). The system further includes a controller (20) for processing the first and second range measurements (R1 and R2) and estimating a crossing location (C) of the object (16) as a function of the first and second range measurements (R1 and R2). The crossing location (C) is estimated using range (R) and range rate (R&) in a W-plane (80) in one embodiment and using a time domain approach (120) in another embodiment.

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP0899583A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	Y	Search report	7-9,19,20
US5872536A	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	1-3,10,12,13,15,16,21,22
US6087928A	Cites	United States of America	XY	Search report	1,3,10-13,16,21,22
US6615138B1	Cites	United States of America	YD	Search report	4,5,17

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780845	United States of America	–	2004-02-18
78084504	United States of America	A	2004-02-18
78084504	United States of America	A	2004-02-18
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EP1566657A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2005-08-24
US2005197770A1	United States of America	A1	2005-09-08
EP1566657A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2006-05-24
US7369941B2	United States of America	B2	2008-05-06
US2008272958A1	United States of America	A1	2008-11-06
US7777618B2	United States of America	B2	2010-08-17
EP1566657B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2011-06-29
AT514960T	Austria	T	2011-07-15
ATE514960T1	Austria	T1	2011-07-15

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Collision detection system and method of estimating target crossing location

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