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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2008
Jun Tsunekawa, Nagoya, JP;
Jun Tsunekawa, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an object detection apparatus and an object detecting method for, with respect to an object detected by a radar, determining whether the object is an automobile and performing an appropriate collision determination based on a determination result. The apparatus comprises a radar devicewhich detects a target in a surrounding area of an own vehicle VM; a target processing sectionwhich calculates, with respect to the detected target, information containing at least two of information indicating a position of presence, information indicating a moving direction, and information indicating a moving speed, of the target as target information; and a target determination sectionwhich determines, based on the calculated target information, whether a target object is a bicycle depending on whether the target satisfies a predetermined condition, and which determines a risk of collision between the vehicle VM and the target object.