Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Camera augmented bicycle radar sensor system
-
Application No.: US15372092Application Date: 2016-12-07
-
Publication No.: US10393872B2Publication Date: 2019-08-27
- Inventor: Evangelos V. A. Brisimitzakis , Ross G. Stirling , Kenneth A. Carlson , Franz A. Struwig , Nolan van Heerden
- Applicant: Garmin Switzerland GmbH
- Applicant Address: CH
- Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH
- Current Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: CH
- Agent Samuel M. Korte; Max M. Ali
- Main IPC: G01S13/93
- IPC: G01S13/93 ; G01S13/86 ; G01S7/06 ; G01S7/24 ; G01S7/00

Abstract:
A bicycle radar system including a camera is disclosed. The system may include a radar unit and a bicycle computing device that are in communication with one another. The radar unit may transmit radar signals, receive return signals (reflections), and process the returned radar signals to determine a location and velocity of one or more targets located in a sensor field behind a user's bicycle. The radar unit may also include an integrated camera to selectively provide images or video of an area behind the bicycle in the camera's field of view. The radar unit may analyze the returned radar signals and images and/or video to track the location of targets located behind the bicycle. The bicycle computing device or the radar unit may also selectively activate the camera based upon the satisfaction of particular conditions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170160392A1 CAMERA AUGMENTED BICYCLE RADAR SENSOR SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
Information query