Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Railroad crossing barrier estimating apparatus and vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 铁路交叉屏障估计装置和车辆
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Application No.: US13793286Application Date: 2013-03-11
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Publication No.: US09321460B2Publication Date: 2016-04-26
- Inventor: Yoji Sasabuchi , Hiroyuki Koike
- Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Carrier Blackman & Associates, P.C.
- Agent Joseph P. Carrier; Jeffrey T. Gedeon
- Priority: JP2012-074172 20120328; JP2012-164835 20120725
- Main IPC: G06F17/10
- IPC: G06F17/10 ; G06G7/78 ; G08G1/16 ; B60W30/09 ; B61L29/24 ; B61L29/30 ; G01S17/93 ; G01S11/12 ; G01S13/93 ; B61L23/04 ; G06K9/00
Abstract:
A railroad crossing barrier estimating apparatus and a vehicle that incorporates therein such a railroad crossing barrier estimating apparatus are provided. When at least one of an external object the transverse width of which increases over time and an external object having a given length at a certain height from the ground is detected, the vehicle or the railroad crossing barrier estimating apparatus estimates the detected external object as a railroad crossing barrier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130261950A1 RAILROAD CROSSING BARRIER ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2013-10-03
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