Wireless communication between countermeasure devices
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRonald Hugh Miller, Manoharprasad K. Rao
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Abstract
A collision countermeasure system (10) for an automotive vehicle (12) is provided. The collision countermeasure system (10) includes an object detection system (14) having at least one transceiver (34). The object detection system (14) generates and wirelessly transmits an object detection signal via a first transceiver. A countermeasure controller (16) wirelessly receives said object detection signal via a second transceiver and performs a countermeasure in response to said object detection signal. A method for performing the same is also provided.
Claims22
A collision countermeasure system for an automotive vehicle comprising:
- an object detection system having at least one transceiver, said object detection system generating and wirelessly transmitting an object detection signal via a first transceiver;
- a countermeasure controller wirelessly receiving said object detection signal via a second transceiver and performing a countermeasure in response to said object detection signal.
A method of performing a countermeasure for an automotive vehicle having a collision countermeasure system comprising:
- detecting an object and generating an object detection signal;
- wirelessly transmitting said object detection signal;
- wirelessly receiving said object detection signal;
- and
- performing a countermeasure in response to said object detection signal.
A collision countermeasure system for an automotive vehicle comprising:
- an object detection system generating and transmitting an object detection signal via a wireless network;
- a countermeasure device, a vehicle controller, or a vehicle system generating and transmitting a countermeasure status signal via said wireless network;
- and
- a countermeasure controller receiving said object detection signal and said countermeasure status signal via said wireless network and performing a countermeasure in response to said object detection signal and said countermeasure status signal.
A collision countermeasure system for an automotive vehicle comprising:
- an object detection system generating and transmitting an object detection signal via a wireless network;
- a countermeasure device, a vehicle controller, or a vehicle system generating and transmitting a countermeasure status signal via a wire-based system;
- and
- a countermeasure controller receiving said object detection signal and said countermeasure status signal via said wireless network and wire-based networks and performing a countermeasure in response to said object detection signal and said countermeasure status signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.