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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2001
Noriaki Shirai, Kariya, JP;
Katsuhiro Morikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A radar device operates for emitting a detection wave ahead of a vehicle, and detecting objects in response to echoes of the emitted detection wave. A reflector detecting device operates for detecting reflectors among the objects detected by the radar device. The detected reflectors are located along a road. A reflector-row extracting device operates for, in cases where there are a plurality of rows of the reflectors detected by the reflector detecting device in one side of the vehicle, extracting one from among the reflector rows. A road-shape recognizing device operates for recognizing a shape of the road on the basis of the reflector row extracted by the reflector-row extracting device.
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