EP 0877944 A1 19981118 - OPTICAL RANGE AND SPEED DETECTION SYSTEM
Title (en)
OPTICAL RANGE AND SPEED DETECTION SYSTEM
Title (de)
OPTISCHES ENTFERNUNGS-UND GESCHWINDIGKEITSMESSYSTEM
Title (fr)
SYSTEME OPTIQUE DE CALCUL DE LA DISTANCE ET DE LA VITESSE
Publication
Application
Priority
US 9500819 W 19950118
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9622537A1] A passive optical speed and distance measuring system includes a pair of camera lenses (14, 18) positioned along a common baseline (60) a predetermined distance apart and controlled by an operator to capture images of a target at different times. The camera lenses (14, 18) are focused on light sensitive pixel arrays which capture target images at offset positions in the line scans of the pixel arrays. A video signal processor with a computer (30) determines the location of the offset positions and calculates the range to the target by solving the trigonometry of the triangle formed by the two camera lenses (14, 18) and the target. Once the range to the target is known at two different times the speed of the target is calculated.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G01C 3/06 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01P 3/36 (2006.01); G01S 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G01C 3/085 (2013.01); G01P 3/36 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9622537 A1 19960725; AU 1832995 A 19960807; AU 690230 B2 19980423; CA 2209610 A1 19960725; CA 2209610 C 20010327; EP 0877944 A1 19981118; EP 0877944 A4 19990421; JP H10512953 A 19981208
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9500819 W 19950118; AU 1832995 A 19950118; CA 2209610 A 19950118; EP 95910109 A 19950118; JP 52222296 A 19950118