Extravisual obstacle detecting system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10634782-B2
Application number	US-201715690202-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 29, 2017
Priority date	Aug 31, 2016
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

An extravisual obstacle detecting system includes: a radio wave receiving unit 15 configured to receives a radio wave from a radio wave source 13 attached to an object 11; one or a plurality of external sensors 19 attached to the vehicle 17 and configured to detect an external obstacle; an alarm generating unit 21 configured to generate a predetermined alarm, and, when the radio wave receiving unit 15 receives the radio wave from the object 11, and the external sensors 19 do not detect the object 11, the alarm generating unit 21 generates the first alarm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An extravisual obstacle detecting system comprising:
a radio wave receiving unit ( 15 ) configured to receive a radio wave from a radio wave source ( 13 ) which generates and emits the radio wave and is attached to an object ( 11 );
one or a plurality of external sensors ( 19 ) attached to the vehicle ( 17 ) and configured to detect an external obstacle;
an alarm generating unit ( 21 ) which generates a first alarm; and
an analyzing unit ( 31 ),
wherein the analyzing unit ( 31 ) makes the alarm generating unit ( 21 ) to generate the first alarm when the radio wave receiving unit ( 15 ) receives the radio wave from the radio wave source ( 13 ) and the external sensors ( 19 ) do not detect the object ( 11 ).

2. The extravisual obstacle detecting system according to claim 1 , wherein the alarm generating unit ( 21 ) is further configured to generate a second alarm when the radio wave receiving unit ( 15 ) receives the radio wave from the object ( 11 ), and the external sensors ( 19 ) detect the object ( 11 ).

3. The extravisual obstacle detecting system according to claim 1 , wherein the alarm generating unit ( 21 ) is configured to generate the first alarm when the radio wave receiving unit ( 15 ) receives the radio wave from the object ( 11 ) and the external sensors ( 19 ) detect the object ( 11 ), and it is determined that a distance between the vehicle ( 17 ) and the object ( 11 ) is a predetermined distance or more.

4. The extravisual obstacle detecting system according to claim 1 , further comprising a radio wave generating device ( 23 ) attached to the vehicle ( 17 ) and configured to generate the radio wave.

5. The extravisual obstacle detecting system according to claim 1 , wherein the radio wave is a radio wave having a frequency of a microwave band or less.

6. The extravisual obstacle detecting system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or the plurality of external sensors ( 19 ) is configured to use a second radio wave having a frequency which is five times or more as a frequency of the radio wave from the radio wave source ( 13 ).

7. The extravisual obstacle detecting system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or the plurality of external sensors ( 19 ) photographs a field of view only in front of the vehicle ( 17 ).

8. The extravisual obstacle detecting system according to claim 1 , further comprising a viewing direction selecting device ( 25 ) attached to the vehicle ( 17 ) and configured to select a viewing direction of a driver,
wherein the one or the plurality of external sensors ( 19 ) photographs the field of view only in the viewing direction of the driver.

9. The extravisual obstacle detecting system according to claim 4 , wherein the alarm generating unit ( 21 ) is configured to obtain a difference between a frequency of the radio wave received by the radio wave receiving unit ( 15 ) and a frequency of the radio wave generated by the radio wave generating device ( 23 ), and does not generate the first alarm when the obtained frequency difference is a predetermined value or less.

10. The extravisual obstacle detecting system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or the plurality of external sensors ( 19 ) detects an external obstacle only in front of the vehicle ( 17 ).

Assignees

• Univ Waseda
• Optoquest Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kawanishi Tetsuya
• Fukumitsu Masaru

Classifications

• G01S2013/9329

  cooperating with reflectors or transponders · CPC title

• G08G1/166

  for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes · CPC title

• B60W50/14

  Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention · CPC title

• B60W2540/00

  Input parameters relating to occupants · CPC title

• B60W30/0956

  the prediction being responsive to traffic or environmental parameters · CPC title