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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2021
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yohei Masui, Kariya, JP;
Ryo Mizuno, Kariya, JP;
Takashi Maeda, Nagoya, JP;
Naoki Kusumoto, Okazaki, JP;
Yuki Tezuka, Toyota, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A device for setting a target vehicle that sets a target vehicle to be subjected to driving assistance control of a host vehicle includes: a detection signal acquisition device capable of acquiring a first detection signal representing an object by an image, and a second detection signal representing the object by a reflection point; and setting control unit, which determines whether to set a forward object as a target vehicle, wherein if a movement history is not associated with the forward object, and a combination history is associated with the forward object, then as a selection threshold of a first determination parameter for determining whether to set the forward object as the target vehicle, a selection threshold is used such that the forward object is less likely to be selected as the target vehicle than with the selection threshold which would be used if a movement history is associated with the forward object.