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US 10,293,743 B2Granted
Automatic control systems for vehicles
OwnerAnita Au, Gerald Chaninventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for use with a car includes: an input configured to receive data from a laser device; a processing unit configured to process the data from the laser device, and to determine a control signal for controlling a component of the car; and an output for providing the control signal for controlling the component of the car.
Claims17
An apparatus for use with a car, comprising:
- an input configured to receive data from a laser device;
- a processing unit configured to process the data from the laser device, and to determine a control signal for controlling a component of the car;
- and
- an output for providing the control signal for controlling the component of the car;
- wherein the processing unit is also configured to receive information from a wireless network.
2 more elements
An apparatus for use with a car, comprising:
- an input configured to receive data from a laser device;
- a processing unit configured to process the data from the laser device, and to determine a control signal for controlling a component of the car;
- and
- an output for providing the control signal for controlling the component of the car;
- wherein the processing unit is configured to process the data from the laser device to identify a vehicle.
2 more elements
An apparatus for use with a car, comprising:
- an input configured to receive data from a laser device;
- a processing unit configured to process the data from the laser device, and to determine a control signal for controlling a component of the car;
- and
- an output for providing the control signal for controlling the component of the car;
- wherein the processing unit is configured to process the data from the laser device to identify a pedestrian curb.
2 more elements
An apparatus for use with a car, comprising:
- an input configured to receive data from a laser device;
- a processing unit configured to process the data from the laser device, and to determine a control signal for controlling a component of the car;
- and
- an output for providing the control signal for controlling the component of the car;
- wherein the processing unit is configured to process the data from the laser device to identify a pedestrian.
2 more elements
An apparatus for use with a car, comprising:
- a processing unit configured to receive data from a laser device, the processing unit configured to automatically activate a turn signal light of the car based on the received data to thereby obviate a need for manual activation of the turn signal light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.