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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2022
Aisin Corporation, Aichi, JP;
Kosuke Wakita, Kariya, JP;
Ippei Sugae, Kariya, JP;
AISIN CORPORATION, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An object detection device includes: a transmission and reception unit configured to transmit a transmission wave including an ultrasonic wave having directivity in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to a traveling direction of a movable body, and receive a reflected wave from an object; a determination unit configured to determine presence or absence of an abnormality based on a predetermined reference distance and a downward distance between the transmission and reception unit and an object present below the transmission and reception unit in a vertical direction, the downward distance being calculated based on a reflected wave of an ultrasonic wave of the transmission wave traveling downward in the vertical direction from the transmission and reception unit; and an output unit configured to output information regarding the abnormality.