Automatic side view mirror tracking system

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B60R 1/06 (2006.01) B60R 1/02 (2006.01) G01S 15/42 (2006.01) G01S 7/521 (2006.01) G01S 15/02 (2006.01) G01S 15/87 (2006.01) G01S 15/88 (2006.01) G01S 15/93 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2184347

An automatic side view mirror tracking and control system enables drivers of articulated vehicles such as tractor trailers to keep visual contact with the side and rear of the trailer throughout a turn while backing the vehicle. This is accomplished without driver intervention through the use of a microprocessor receiving the outputs of either a plurality of ultrasonic transducers or a pair of fluxgate compasses. The microprocessor uses the aforementioned outputs to determine the rotational angle between the trailer and the tractor. Based upon these determinations, the mirror is moved to a position commensurate with the subject angle so that the driver of the vehicle is able to view the side and rear corner of the vehicle. A software filter prevents the mirror from being moved unless a predetermined change in the vehicle angle is detected.

Système automatique de poursuite et de commande d'un rétroviseur permettant aux chauffeurs de véhicules articulés tels que des semi-remorques de maintenir un contact visuel avec le côté et l'arrière de la remorque pendant l'ensemble d'une manoeuvre de recul en virage. L'opération se fait sans intervention du chauffeur grâce à un microprocesseur (81) recevant les signaux de plusieurs transducteurs à ultrasons (1, 2, 3) ou d'une paire de boussoles à induction (41A, 41B), qui lui servent à évaluer l'angle de rotation entre la remorque (3) et le véhicule tracteur (1). En fonction de cette évaluation, le miroir (2) se place dans une position correspondant à l'angle de l'objet, ce qui permet au chauffeur de voir le côté et l'angle arrière du véhicule. Un logiciel de filtrage empêche le miroir de se mouvoir à moins qu'une variation de l'angle du véhicule ne soit détectée.

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