Obstacle detection apparatus
US7782179B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 16, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 24, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V20/588
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An obstacle detection apparatus more accurately detects a moving obstacle present around a motor vehicle. With this system, desired feature quantities of an obstacle present in a coverage of a first sensor are calculated and then stored into a storage device, and when the obstacle moves from the coverage of the first sensor to a coverage of a second sensor, a relative distance to the obstacle is calculated from the above-stored feature quantities of the obstacle and from the desired feature quantities of the obstacle, obtained by analyzing the recognition results of the second sensor that have been processed by a processor which processes the recognition results.
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