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Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2019
Applicant:

Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;

Inventors:

Ippei Sugae, Kariya, JP;

Hisashi Inaba, Kariya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/10 (2006.01); G01S 15/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/104 (2013.01); G01S 15/931 (2013.01); G01S 2015/938 (2013.01);
Abstract

A distance detection apparatus includes a wave transmitter configured to transmit a transmission wave, a wave receiver configured to receive the transmission wave which is reflected by an object, a storage portion configured to store a transmission signal, a correlation processing portion configured to obtain a correlation value between the transmission signal and a reception signal corresponding to a reception wave, and a detection portion configured to detect a distance to the obstacle in a case where the correlation value indicates that the transmission signal and the reception signal are similar to each other at a level which is equal to or greater than a predetermined level.


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