Patent ID: 9725040
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B60R,H04N

Claim:
1. A vehicle object detection system comprising: a vehicle body structure defining a passenger compartment and having an underside section located at a predetermined height above ground below the vehicle body structure; a sensing device configured to detect an object within a prescribed area adjacent to the underside section of the vehicle body structure as the vehicle body structure approaches the object, the sensing device including at least one video camera; a video display viewable from within the passenger compartment configured to display images representing the prescribed area adjacent to the underside section of the vehicle body structure; and a controller configured to process object information received from the sensing device to determine the height of the object, and display images on the video display representing the object along with a representation of the height of the object relative to the underside section and images representing the underside section and the height of the underside section of the vehicle body structure, the controller is further configured to continually determine a location of the object in response to movement of the vehicle body structure, and in response to the controller determining that the object is outside of a viewable range of the video camera, the controller is further configured to display a faux image of the object on the video display based upon a determined location of the object.