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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An object detection apparatus includes: a camera; a map database; a radar sensor; and an electronic control unit configured to detect a first object in a camera image, detect a first relative position of the first object relative to the road structure in the camera image, detect a second object based on a result received by the radar sensor, detect a second relative angle and a relative distance between the host vehicle and the second object, estimate a second relative position of the second object relative to the road structure, determine, based on the first relative angle, the first relative position, the second relative angle, and the second relative position, whether the first and second objects belong to the same object, and recognize the first and second of as the same object, when it is determined that the first and second objects belong to the same object.