Appeal No. 2004-2269 Page 4
Application No. 10/076,405
denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984), it is only necessary for the claims to "'read on' something
disclosed in the reference, i.e., all limitations of the claim are found in the reference, or
'fully met' by it."
Claims 1 and 20, the independent claims on appeal, read as follows:
1. An integrated collision prediction and safety systems control method for a
host automotive vehicle comprising:
generating a target object range signal and a target relative velocity signal
using pre-crash object sensors;
measuring host vehicle dynamic conditions;
predicting a host vehicle trajectory in response to the host vehicle dynamic
conditions;
determining an azimuth for the target object;
monitoring the brake system status;
determining an actuation value as a function of the target range signal, the
target relative velocity signal, the host vehicle trajectory, brake system status and
the target azimuth; and
activating a countermeasure in response to said actuation value.
20. A pre-crash sensing system for an automotive vehicle having a brake
system coupled to a countermeasure system, said pre-crash sensing system
comprising:
a remote object sensor generating a target range signal and target relative
velocity signal;
a vehicle dynamics sensor generating a vehicle dynamics signal; and
a controller coupled to said object sensor, vehicle dynamics sensor, and
brake system, said controller predicting a host vehicle trajectory in response to
the host vehicle dynamic signal, determining an azimuth angle for the target
object, monitoring the brake system status, determining an actuation value in
response to the target range signal, the target relative velocity signal, the host
vehicle trajectory, the target azimuth angle, and brake system status and
activating selected countermeasures from the countermeasure system in
response to the actuation value.
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