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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2013
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima-pref., JP;
Akiyoshi Mizutani, Nagoya, JP;
Keiji Matsuoka, Nagoya, JP;
Koji Shimizu, Ichinomiya, JP;
Haruki Okazaki, Hiroshima, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima-pref., JP;
Abstract
A vehicle-mounted radar apparatus for transmitting radar waves in a forward traveling direction of a vehicle mounting the apparatus thereon (radar-mounting vehicle) and receiving the radar waves reflected from an object to acquire information about the object. In the apparatus, a target detection unit transmits and receives the radar waves to detect positions of targets. A representative target selection unit selects a representative target from the targets detected by the target detection unit. A same-object target selection unit selects targets belonging to the same object as the representative target. An object position determination unit calculates a value of a predefined function of lateral positions of two or more targets of all the targets selected by the same-object target selection unit as a lateral position, along a vehicle-width direction of the radar-mounting vehicle, of the specific reflecting object.