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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Fumitake Nakano, Mie, JP;
Naoya Azuma, Shiga, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/93 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G01S 15/87 (2006.01); G01S 15/50 (2006.01); G08G 1/04 (2006.01); G01S 15/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/931 (2013.01); G01S 15/50 (2013.01); G01S 15/87 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G01S 2015/465 (2013.01); G01S 2015/938 (2013.01); G08G 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operation unit calculates a position of an obstacle with respect to a vehicle using a first distance and a second distance. The first distance is a distance to the obstacle measured by a first ultrasonic sensor (ultrasonic sensor) having a first microphone (microphone) at a first timing. The second distance is a distance to the obstacle measured by a second ultrasonic sensor (ultrasonic sensor) having a second microphone (microphone) at a second timing which is later than the first timing.