Chad D Ackerman

US Patent:

20060293856, Dec 28, 2006

Filed:

Jun 24, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/166873

Inventors:

Alex Foessel - Rancho Palos Verdes CA, US
Eric Derbez - Torrance CA, US
Chad Ackerman - Bettendorf IA, US
Stewart Moorehead - Rancho Palos Verdes CA, US
Scott Stephens - Phoenix AZ, US
Jeffrey Puhalla - Hawley MN, US

International Classification:

G08G 1/16

US Classification:

701301000

Abstract:

A sensing system collects position data associated with one or more obstacles within a certain range of a vehicle. A former establishes an occupancy grid based on the collected position data. A motion monitoring module determines a reaction distance and a deceleration distance associated with a vehicle at a regular time interval during an operational state. A safety guidance module establishes a safety zone (e.g., safety zone grid) for the regular time interval based on the occupancy grid, the determined reaction distance, and the deceleration distance.