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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2010
Applicant:
Hiroyuki Koike, Wako, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Koike, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a vehicle obstacle detecting apparatus having a radar that transmits a laser beam in front of the vehicle to scan in different detection regions in a horizontal direction parallel to a road and receives reflection waves reflected from an object successively, it is determined whether a high reflection wave such as that reflected from delineator installed on the road at regular intervals exists in the received reflection waves in the detection regions, and if not, an obstacle such as a human being is detected from a low reflection wave. On the other hand, when the high reflection wave exists, the obstacle is detected from a second reflection wave.