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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 1995
Filed:
May. 20, 1994
Tohru Yoshioka, Hatsukaichi, JP;
Hiroki Uemura, Kure, JP;
Tadayuki Niibe, Hiroshima, JP;
Ayumu Doi, Hatsukaichi, JP;
Ken-ichi Okuda, Hatsukaichi, JP;
Yasunori Yamamoto, Higashi-Hiroshima, JP;
Tomohiko Adachi, Hatsukaichi, JP;
Naotsugu Masuda, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
An obstacle detection apparatus for a motor vehicle detects another vehicle traveling in front of the vehicle as an obstacle. The apparatus has a first unit, providing a course on which the vehicle is supposed to travel, a second unit, providing a reserve course located outside of the course, an obstacle detector detecting the other vehicle traveling in the course or the reserve course as an obstacle, and an obstacle detection continuation unit continuously detecting the other vehicle until a predetermined condition has been satisfied when the other vehicle moves from the course to the reserve course.