OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE - PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD

Title:

OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/042697

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

This obstacle detection device is mounted on a vehicle. The obstacle detection device has a plurality of ultrasound sensors and a detection unit. The plurality of ultrasound sensors transmit a plurality of different frequencies of ultrasound onto overlapping detection areas and at overlapping transmission timings and receive returning ultrasound. The detection unit identifies what ultrasound from among the plurality of frequencies of ultrasound was reflected to produce the received returning ultrasound and detects the position of an obstacle in the vicinity of the vehicle.

Inventors:

ICHIKAWA TORU
OGAWA SHINYA
FUKUDA TOHRU
OSATO YUKI

Application Number:

PCT/JP2015/003813

Publication Date:

March 24, 2016

Filing Date:

July 29, 2015

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Assignee:

PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD (JP)

International Classes:

G01S15/931; B60R21/00; G01S7/524; G01S7/526; G01S15/87; G08G1/16

Foreign References:

JPS6378083A	1988-04-08
JPH01185471A	1989-07-25
JPS62277581A	1987-12-02
JP2009250672A	2009-10-29
JPH0357738A	1991-03-13