Patent ID: 8803699
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G01S,G09B

Abstract:
1. An object detection device that alerts a user of a detected object, the device comprising: a first sensor to detect the object; a first stimulator finger adjustable to a detected position and a clear position wherein the first stimulator finger adjusted to the detected position indicates that an object has been detected, the first stimulator finger adjusted to the clear position indicates that an object has not been detected; a first contact point wherein the stimulator finger adjusts to the detected position at the first contact point to indicate that a detected object is located within a first distance from the sensor; and a second contact point wherein the stimulator finger adjusts to the detected position at the second contact point to indicate that a detected object is located within a second distance from the sensor wherein the first distance is not equal to the second distance; a maximum alert distance defining the distance between the detected object and the sensor at which the stimulator finger will first adjust to the detected position; a stimulator transport positioning the stimulator finger at a contact point; a path that is traveled by the stimulator transport; a first end of the path wherein the stimulator transport is located at the first end of the path when an object is detected at the maximum alert distance; a second end of the path wherein the stimulator transport travels toward the second end of the path as the distance to the detect object decreases from the maximum alert distance; wherein the stimulator transport travels along the path from the first end of the path to the second end of the path proportionately to the distance of the detected object from the sensor; and wherein the position of the stimulator transport on the path is calculated as the (distance between the first end of the path and the second end of the path divided by the maximum alert distance) multiplied by (the maximum alert distance subtracted by the distance to the detected).