Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sensor and apparatus for vehicle height measurement
- Patent Title (中): 用于车高测量的传感器和设备
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Application No.: US12437038Application Date: 2009-05-07
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Publication No.: US08345096B2Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Yutaka Ishiyama , Takuya Kushimoto
- Applicant: Yutaka Ishiyama , Takuya Kushimoto
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kenealy Vaidya LLP
- Priority: JP2008-121306 20080507
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; G06K9/00 ; G01C3/00

Abstract:
The disclosed subject matter relates to a sensor and apparatus for vehicle height and slant measurement which can include a light source, and two cameras with respective lenses. The light source can be configured to emit light towards a road, and both cameras can be configured to receive the image of the road that is illuminated by the light from the light source and to thereby create image data. The apparatus can include a control circuit that can geometrically measure a vehicle height in accordance with the image data. The sensor can also receive image data from different points and from two light sources, and the apparatus can detect a vehicular lean using the different vehicle heights. Thus, because the sensors of the disclosed subject matter do not necessarily include a moving part as in the conventional sensor, the sensors can be easily attached to a vehicle body and can also be used for a vehicular lean detection.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090278927A1 SENSOR AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE HEIGHT MEASUREMENT Public/Granted day:2009-11-12
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