Obstacle detecting control device of vehicle
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorKenichi IKEDA
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Abstract
A control device controls operational devices based on obstacle-detection state detected by the radar device and controls a radar-waves transmitting portion of the obstacle detecting device based on detection of a vehicle speed sensor. The control device is configured to control the radar-waves transmitting portion so that a ratio of transmission term of radar waves transmitted to plural transmission areas is changeable in accordance with detection of the vehicle speed. Accordingly, any obstacle present in any transmission area can be detected promptly and surely.
Claims10
An obstacle detecting control device of a vehicle, comprising:
- an obstacle detecting device to detect an obstacle in front of the vehicle, the obstacle detecting device comprising a radar-waves transmitting portion to transmit radar waves forward and a radar-waves receiving portion to receive radar waves reflected on the obstacle, the radar-waves transmitting portion being configured to transmit the radar waves to plural transmission areas selectively;
- a detecting device to detect a traveling state of the vehicle and/or a condition of a road on which the vehicle travels;
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- a control device operative to control an operational device of the vehicle based on obstacle-detection state detected by the obstacle detecting device and control the radar-waves transmitting portion of the obstacle detecting device based on detection of the detecting device,
- wherein the control device is configured to control the radar-waves transmitting portion so that a ratio of transmission term of the radar waves transmitted to the plural transmission areas is changeable in accordance with the detection of the detecting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.