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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1999
Hiroshi Takenaga, Hitachi, JP;
Hiroto Morizane, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A running surrounding recognizing apparatus is provided. The running surrounding recognizing apparatus is capable of accurately recognizing information in regard to running of a self-vehicle even if a mounting position of a sensor for running surrounding recognition is changed, and to provide a vehicle running control apparatus using the running surrounding recognizing apparatus. The running surrounding recognizing apparatus comprises a communication part , a sensing region determining part for determining a sensing region sensed by the running surrounding recognizing apparatus and a sensing part . The communication part is connected to external units through a bus to communicate data in regard to a mounting position of the running surrounding recognizing apparatus on a vehicle. The sensing region determining part determines the sensing region sensed by the running surrounding recognizing apparatus based on the data in regard to a mounting position of the running surrounding recognizing apparatus on a vehicle received through the communication part . The sensing part outputs a sensed result based on the sensing region determined by the sensing region determining part through the communication part.