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Title:
NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH NON-CONTACT RANGE DETECTING FUNCTION
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH10339641
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a navigation system with non-contact range detecting function wherein, with no speed information inside a mobile body required to be taken out, attaching of the system is easier and a moving distance is measured with high precision at always.

A distance information 4 displayed at an integrating range finder 2 of a mobile body is detected in non-contact manner with a pick-up optical system, and from it together with the output from an azimuth detecting means 14, a mobile body's position is calculated. The pick-up optical system allow a distance display image to be projected with a spacially-divided photo- detecting element for detecting change in distance. Errors in the integrating range finder is corrected with GPS position and speed output.


Inventors:
GUNJI YASUHIRO
KURATA KENICHIRO
Application Number:
JP14917097A
Publication Date:
December 22, 1998
Filing Date:
June 06, 1997
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HITACHI LTD
ZANAVY INFORMATICS KK
International Classes:
B60R16/02; G01C21/00; G01S5/02; G01S19/48; G06K9/00; G06M1/272; G01C22/00; (IPC1-7): G01C21/00; B60R16/02; G01C22/00; G06K9/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuko Tomita