| US 7,602,276 B2 | ||
| Variable blind spot warning system | ||
| Dinu Petre Madau, Canton, Mich. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, Mich. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 17, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/654,118. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0169938 A1, Jul. 17, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—435 [340/436; 340/438; 340/903; 701/301; 359/843] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A variable blind spot warning system for detecting objects in a blind spot of a motor vehicle, the system comprising:
at least one movable side view device being attached to the vehicle and moveable between a first orientation and a second
orientation, the side viewing device being coupled to at least one position sensor adapted to generate a position signal corresponding
to an orientation of the side view device;
at least one external detector being attached to the vehicle and generating a detector signal corresponding to a location
of object outside of the vehicle; and
a processor being disposed within the motor vehicle and coupled to the position sensor and the external detector to receive
the position signal and the detector signal, the processor being configured to calculate blind spot boundaries based on the
position signal and to compare the blind spot boundaries to the location of objects outside of the vehicle, and
a blind spot warning indicator coupled to the processor and configured to provide an indication to a driver if an object is
located within the calculated blind spot boundaries.
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