Patent ID: 7355526
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: B60W,B62D,G08G

Abstract:
1. An alerting system of a vehicle deviating from its traffic lane, said vehicle having a front edge, a rear edge, a left edge and a right edge, said alerting system comprising: at least one left-side determining device, each left-side determining device including: [a] a first light intensity detector for detecting a light intensity of a first zone and converting into a first light intensity signal so as to obtain a first light intensity signal function when a time passes; [b] a first light intensity variation judging module for reading said first light intensity signal function and outputting a first variation signal within a preset time, if a condition that said first light intensity signal function varying over a first variation limit being true, then an output of said first variation signal being ON, otherwise an output of said first variation signal being OFF; [c] a first misjudging preventing module for reading said first variation signal and output a left-side deviation signal, if said first variation signal keeping ON longer than a first comparison time, then an output of said left-side deviation signal being ON, otherwise an output of said left-side deviation signal being OFF; at least one right-side determining device, each right-side determining device including: [a] a second light intensity detector for detecting a light intensity of a second zone and converting into a second light intensity signal so as to obtain a second light intensity signal function when a time passes; [b] a second light intensity variation judging module for reading said second light intensity signal function and outputting a second variation signal within a preset time, if a condition that said second light intensity signal function varying over a second variation limit being true, then an output of said second variation signal being ON, otherwise an output of said second variation signal being OFF; [c] a second misjudging preventing module for reading said second variation signal and output a right-side deviation signal, if said second variation signal keeping ON longer than a second comparison time, then an output of said right-side deviation signal being ON, otherwise an output of said right-side deviation signal being OFF; a warning device to output a warning signal to activate a warning action when one of said left-side deviation signal and right-side deviation signal is received, wherein said condition that the first light intensity signal function varying over a first variation limit in said first light intensity variation judging module is defined by: said first light intensity signal function multiplying a first coefficient and making a first phase lag to obtain a first floating function; once said first light intensity signal function crossing said first floating function, said condition that said first light intensity signal function varying over a first variation limit being true; and said condition that said second light intensity signal function varying over a second variation limit in said second light intensity variation judging module is defined by: said second light intensity signal function multiplying a second coefficient and making a second phase lag to obtain a second floating function; once said second light intensity signal function crosses said second floating function, said condition that said second light intensity signal function varying over a second variation limit is true.