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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2012
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroto Mitoma, Hitachinaka, JP;
Seiya Kato, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., Hitachinaka-Shi, JP;
Abstract
An object detection system including multiple detecting means identifies other-vehicle information data acquired by using the multiple detecting means, determines whether or not the other-vehicle information data acquired by using the multiple detecting meansandare of the same vehicle to output the other-vehicle information data that can be applied to various control applications when the other-vehicle information data determined to be of the same vehicle are switched, selects either of the multiple other-vehicle information data determined to be of the same vehicle according to the other-vehicle information detecting accuracies of the detecting meansand, and switches the selected other-vehicle information data to another other-vehicle information in a transition period based on the relative speed and the relative position from the other vehicle.