摘要 |
An automatic brake actuation system for use on a vehicle having an existing braking system is disclosed as including an elongate detector mounted to the vehicle and being controllably extendable from the vehicle to contact objects being approached by the vehicle when at predetermined distances therefrom. A compression sensor is included to sense contact between the elongate detector and an object. Provision is also made to sense vehicle speed, vehicle-object closing speed, and detector position and to extend and retract the detector and actuate the vehicle braking system in response thereto.
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