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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2012
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Fujitsu Ten Limited, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Jun Itoh, Kobe, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi, JP;
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an obstacle determination device () including a driving assistance ECU () that determines collision with an obstacle detected by output of a radar () mounted on a vehicle and performs driving assistance for the vehicle. When a distance of a null-point zone divided by null points where the output of the radar () is low is represented as a distance between the null points, the driving assistance ECU () determines, in a distant zone that is away from a reference zone that is the null-point zone nearest to a host vehicle in a predetermined range, if the null-point zone of the distance between the null points shorter than the distance between the null points in the reference zone is detected by a predetermined number or more, that the host vehicle does not collide with the detected obstacle.