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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masayuki Katoh, Gotenba, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide an object detection apparatus and a driving assistance apparatus in which movement information of a target object can be obtained with high accuracy. In the present invention, the object detection apparatus is an apparatus that detects a target object from a predetermined mounting position (a vehicle and the like); performs an object detection from a predetermined mounting position; in a case where a target object is detected, acquires the position of the target object; obtains a feature amount of a fixed object existing around the target object and detects a position of a fixed object; sets the position of the fixed object as a reference point; and calculates movement information of the target object from the position of the target object with the reference point as a reference.