Jun 22, 2011 ... ing vehicle Warns driver of any Warm bodied obstruction such as a person or an
... pryoelectric sensors as means to detect a Warm bodied.
US 20110309923A1
(19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2011/0309923 A1 (43) Pub. Date:
Kennerly et al. (54)
THERMAL DETECTION DEVICE FOR A REVERSING VEHICLE
Publication Classi?cation
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Int. Cl.
B60Q 1/00
(76) Inventors:
Matthew James Kennerly, Albany, OR (US); Brian Daniel Kennerly,
The present invention is a thermal detection device for a reversing vehicle. The thermal detection device for a revers ing vehicle Warns driver of any Warm bodied obstruction such as a person or an animal. The present invention utiliZes digital pryoelectric sensors as means to detect a Warm bodied
obstruction. The digital pryoelectric sensors are compact and
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Filed:
Jun. 22, 2011
accurate and are sensitive to a Warm bodied object at a rela
tively far distance. The present invention geometrically posi tions the digital pryoelectric sensors so that the present inven
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tion can detect a Warm bodied obstruction With almost a 1800
?eld of vision behind the vehicle. The present invention noti
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Provisional application No. 61/357,149, ?led on Jun.
22, 2010.
?es the driver of a Warm bodied obstruction entering the vehicle’s reverse path With both a visual and an aural Warning.
