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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Setsuo Tokoro, Aichi, JP;
Jun Tsuchida, Susono, JP;
Setsuo Tokoro, Aichi, JP;
Jun Tsuchida, Susono, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide an object detection apparatus capable of detecting an object at high precision in accordance with the type of the object. The object detection apparatus of the present invention comprises: object position detection meansfor detecting the positions of objects; object type estimating meansfor estimating the types of the objects; and object estimating meansfor integrating a plurality of detection results for positions within a search area obtained by the object position detection meansand thereby estimating the sizes of the objects, the object detection apparatus of the present invention being characterized in that the search area is set based on the types of the objects estimated by the object type estimating means. Moreover, the object detection apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the object position detection meansdetects the positions of the objects by using a plurality of position detection criteria, that the object type estimating meansestimates the types of the objects based on the position detection criteria, according to which the object position detection meanshave been able to detect the positions of the objects, and that the search area is set based on the position detection criteria, according to which the positions of the objects have been detected.