Vehicle surrounding monitoring apparatus
US6591192B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 27, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60W2554/00
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A vehicle surrounding monitoring apparatus includes an object position detecting device for periodically detecting a distance of from the self vehicle to the object that exists in the periphery of the self vehicle and an orientation directed from the self vehicle toward the object; an object position converting device for calculating the estimated values of a distance and an orientation which are estimated when said object is detected at the present time; an stop object judging means for judging whether said object is a stop object, or not; and a relative speed calculating device for judging whether the previous object and the present object which are detected by said object position detecting device are identical with each other, or not, to calculate the relative speed on the basis of the relative position of the same object.
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