Patent ID: 7158015
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: B60Q,B60R,B60T,B62D

Abstract:
1. A vision-based object detection system for a vehicle comprising: a plurality of vision sensing systems comprising a frontal collision sensing system and having at least one vision receiver and generating an object detection signal; and a controller comprising a plurality of sensing system aid modules corresponding to each of said plurality of vision sensing systems, selecting and operating at least one of said plurality of sensing system aid modules in response to at least one vehicle parameter, and generating at least one safety system signal in response to said object detection signal; said plurality of sensing system aid modules and each of said at least one receiver having a plurality of associated active operating modes, said plurality of sensing system aid modules operating at least one of said plurality of vision sensing systems in at least one of said operating modes in response to said at least one vehicle parameter.