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Object detection apparatus

  • US 10,049,577 B2
  • Filed: 09/11/2015
  • Issued: 08/14/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An object detection apparatus mounted in a vehicle, comprising:

  • a proximity determination unit configured to determine whether or not a first object and a second object are in close proximity to each other, the first object being an object detected based on detection information acquired from a radar, the second object being an object detected based on a captured image acquired from a monocular camera;

    an object type acquisition unit configured to acquire a type of the second object;

    a collision time acquisition unit configured to acquire a first collision time with the first object and a second collision time with the second object; and

    a sameness determination unit configured to, if it is determined that the first object and the second object are in close proximity to each other and if a difference between the first collision time with the first object and the second collision time with the second object is less than a reference value, determine that the first object and the second object are a same object,wherein the collision time acquisition unit is configured to, if the type of the second object is a pedestrian, acquire the second collision time with the second object based on a height of the pedestrian.

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