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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2013
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A sound collecting unit () mounted on a vehicle is configured to collect sounds, a frequency resolution unit () is configured to perform frequency analysis on the collected sound information, and when an object around the vehicle is detected based on a frequency characteristic of the sound information, a traveling sound detecting unit () is configured to perform object detection such that object detection using a predetermined frequency band when a sound pressure of the predetermined frequency band is high in a frequency characteristic of a sound reproduced from a reproduction unit () mounted on the vehicle is more suppressed than object detection using a predetermined frequency band when a sound pressure of the predetermined frequency band is low in the frequency characteristic of the sound reproduced from a reproduction unit ().