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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2020
Applicant:

Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;

Inventor:

Kazuma Mishima, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:

OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/41 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/412 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01);
Abstract

The technique allows avoiding collision with an object that is difficult to detect with a radar sensor. A collision avoidance apparatus is an apparatus for an autonomous vehicle including at least one radar sensor for transmitting a radar wave and receiving a reflected wave from an object. The apparatus includes a processor that obtains, from a signal received by the at least one radar sensor, information about a position of the object and information about a reflected power level of the reflected wave, a generator that generates, in response to the reflected power level being higher than or equal to a predetermined value, information about a travel-restricted area being an area adjacent to the object and in which the autonomous vehicle is restricted from traveling, and an output unit that outputs the information about the travel-restricted area.


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