Patent ID: 6820897
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: B60J,B60N,B60R,E05F,E05Y,G01F,G01S,G06K,G10K

Abstract:
A vehicle, comprising:a frame; a vehicular component fixed to said frame; and a system for obtaining information about said component, said system comprising: at least one resonator or reflector arranged in association with said component, said at least one resonator being arranged to emit an energy signal upon receipt of a signal at an excitation frequency; transmitter means for transmitting signals at least at the excitation frequency of each of said at least one resonator; energy signal detector means for detecting the energy signals emitted by said at least one resonator upon receipt of the signal at the excitation frequency; and a processor coupled to said detector means for obtaining information about said component upon analysis of the energy signals detected by said detector means.