US 8,285,477 B2Granted

Detection method for preventing automobile from colliding

AssigneeNational Taiwan University

InventorsPo-Jen Tu, Jean-Fu Kiang

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Abstract

A detection method for preventing an automobile from colliding is applied to an automobile. The detection method includes the following steps: step (a): providing at least two detection devices, each detection device is used to measure a predetermined information of the automobile. A one-stage linear Kalman filter in each device is used to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio of the predetermined information. In step (b): utilizing the one-stage linear filter to receive the predetermined information and obtain a corrected information from the predetermined information after the signal-to-noise ratio is enhanced. In step (c): calculating the corrected information to obtain a component information having vector components of a first direction and a second direction. In step (d): enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio to enable the component information to be a contrast information. Accordingly, the convergence time of calculating the contrast information can be substantially reduced. The position variation of the surrounding moving objects can be accurately estimated to prevent the sudden collision in a short time.

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Dependent claims

A detection method for preventing an automobile from colliding, applied to a controlled automobile, comprising the following steps of:

(a) providing a first detection device and a second detection device, wherein the first detection device and the second detection device are used for measuring a predetermined information of a target automobile, wherein the predetermined information contains a distance from the target automobile to the controlled automobile, a velocity and an acceleration of the target automobile, and the first detection device and the second detection device contain a first one-stage linear Kalman filter and a second one-stage linear Kalman filter, respectively, and the first detection device and the second detection device have a linear frequency modulation module, respectively;
(b) utilizing the first one-stage linear Kalman filter to receive the predetermined information and obtain a corrected information from the predetermined information, wherein the signal-to-noise ratio of the corrected information is higher than that of the predetermined information;
(c) utilizing triangulation to calculate the corrected information to obtain a component corrected information having vector components of a first direction and a second direction, wherein the corrected information corresponding to the predetermined information contains a corrected distance from the target automobile to the controlled automobile, a corrected velocity and a corrected acceleration of the target automobile;
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(d) utilizing the second one-stage linear Kalman filter to enable the component corrected information to be a contrast information, wherein the signal-to-noise ratio of the contrast information is higher than that of the component corrected information.

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