Patent ID: 7584038
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: G05B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for determining interferences within a sight path of a vehicle operator comprising: executing a computer executable program stored within a memory of a computer to perform the following: modeling at least one object that represents a vehicle in a virtual space and plotting at least one surface from a first predetermined location to a perimeter relative to the at least one object within the virtual space; identifying a first and second intersections between the at least one object and the at least one surface; projecting a first and second datum curve through the first and the second identified intersections, the first and second datum curves being tangent to the first predetermined location and defining a first minimum chord along the perimeter therebetween; identifying at least one interference between the at least one object and the at least one surface based on the first minimum chord; determining a first characteristic of the at least one interference; and determining if the first characteristic is within a predetermined range.