Obstacle detection apparatus
AssigneeHonda Access Corp.
InventorsMitsuhiro Fukuda, Katsutoshi Yamashita, Hisanobu Horimoto
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Abstract
An obstacle detection apparatus detects an obstacle to a vehicle by a sensor section including a transmitter which transmits a wave to a predetermined detection area, and a receiver which receives an echo of the wave reflected by the obstacle. The obstacle detection apparatus measures a distance to the obstacle from the output of the sensor section. A detection-distance change circuit changes predetermined detection distances in the maximum detection distance. Alarm means gives an alarm step by step in accordance with the detection distances.
Claims5
An obstacle detection apparatus for detecting an obstacle to a vehicle, comprising:
- a sensor section provided at a rear portion of said vehicle including a transmitter which transmits a wave to a predetermined detection area, and a receiver which receives an echo of said wave reflected by said obstacle;
- a detection section which detects presence of the obstacle from an output of said sensor section;
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- a detection-distance change section which changes a predetermined detection distance within a maximum detection distance,
- wherein said detection-distance change section adds to said detection distance a difference between a distance from the sensor section to the obstacle and a distance from the rearmost part of the vehicle to the obstacle, when an openable/closable body provided at the rear portion of said vehicle is opened, without changing said maximum detection distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.