Trailier estimation and blind spot information system performance improvement
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPREMCHAND KRISHNA PRASAD, ROBERT J. CASHLER
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Abstract
A blind-spot detection system includes an angle-detector, a radar-sensor, and a controller. The angle-sensor is used to determine a trailer-angle relative to a host-vehicle of a trailer being towed by the host-vehicle. The radar-sensor is used to detect an other-vehicle present in a blind-zone proximate to the host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the angle-detector and the radar-sensor. The controller is configured to adjust a sensing-boundary that defines the blind-zone based on the trailer-angle.
Claims10
A blind-spot detection system configured to detect objects proximate to a blind-spot of an operator of a vehicle, said system comprising:
- an angle-detector used to determine a trailer-angle relative to a host-vehicle of a trailer being towed by the host-vehicle;
- a radar-sensor used to detect an other-vehicle present in a blind-zone proximate to the host-vehicle;
- a controller in communication with the angle-detector and the radar-sensor, said controller configured to adjust a sensing-boundary that defines the blind-zone based on the trailer-angle.
A method to detect an other-vehicle proximate to a blind-spot of an operator of a host-vehicle, said method comprising:
- receiving an indication of a trailer-angle of a trailer towed by the host-vehicle from an angle-detector;
- receiving an indication of an other-vehicle present in a blind-zone proximate to the host-vehicle from a radar sensor;
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- adjusting a sensing-boundary that defines the blind-zone based on the trailer-angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.