Object detection apparatus
First Claim
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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Abstract
In an object detection apparatus, a proximity determination unit determines whether or not a first object and a second object are in close proximity to each other, where the first object is an object detected based on detection information acquired from a radar and the second object is an object detected based on a captured image acquired from a monocular camera. A sameness determination unit determines that the first object and the second object are the same object, if it is determined that the first object and the second object are in close proximity to each other and if a difference between a first collision time with the first object and a second collision time with the second object is less than a reference value.
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6 Claims
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1. An object detection apparatus mounted in a vehicle, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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