Moving object detection device, program, and recording medium

• US 10,353,398 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2017
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2016
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Shima, Takahiro, Nishimura, Hirofumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Paige, Tyler D
• Application Number:
  US15/597,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20170344022A1
• Time in Patent Office: 790 Days
• Field of Search: 701301
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/56 for presence detection presence detection using near field arrangements G01V3/00, e.g. G01V3/08, G01V3/12; burglar, theft or intruder alarms with electrical actuation G08B13/22 - G08B13/26
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/931 of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 17/04 Systems determining the presence of a target
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 17/931 of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/415 Identification of targets based on measurements of movement associated with the target
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0231 using optical position detecting means position-fixing by using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. optical position detecting means G01S5/16
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0257 using a radar radar systems designed for anti-collision purposes between land vehicles or between land vehicle and fixed obstacles G01S13/931

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a moving object detection device including a first input circuitry that receives positional information indicating a position of an object present around a vehicle in time sequence from an object detector included in the vehicle, and a controller that processes the positional information received by the first input circuitry in time sequence, detects at least a first continuum along a traveling road of the vehicle, and when a shape of a detected first continuum of this time is changed in comparison with a shape of a previous first continuum, outputs information indicating that another moving object different from the vehicle is present to a vehicle control circuitry of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A moving object detection device comprising:

a first input circuitry that, in operation, receives, from a radar object detector included in a vehicle, positional information indicating a position of an object present around the vehicle in time sequence, which includes a plurality of reflection points reflected by at least part of the object, the plurality of reflection points respectively corresponding to a plurality of azimuth positions from the radar object detector; and

a controller that, in operation, processes the positional information received by the first input circuitry in the time sequence including at least a first continuum object along a traveling road of the vehicle, determines, based on the plurality of reflection points respectively corresponding to the plurality of azimuth positions from the radar object detector, that a shape of an end portion of the first continuum object of this time changes in comparison with a shape of an end portion of a previous detected first continuum object, and outputs, to a vehicle control circuitry of the vehicle, information indicating that another moving object different from the vehicle is present.

2. The moving object detection device according to claim 1, comprising:

a second input circuitry that, in operation, receives vehicle information related to a move of the vehicle in time sequence, wherein

the controller, in operation,

transforms coordinate values of the previous detected first continuum object into coordinate values that correspond to a coordinate system of coordinate values indicating the first continuum object of this time on basis of the vehicle information received by the second input circuitry, and

detects the change of the shape of the end portion of the first continuum object of this time on basis of at least the coordinate-transformed coordinate values indicating the previous detected first continuum object and the coordinate values indicating the first continuum object of this time.

3. The moving object detection device according to claim 2, wherein

each positional information received by the first input circuitry includes coordinate values at each of the plurality of azimuth positions relative to the radar object detector, and

the controller, in operation, determines that the shape is changed at least when a difference value between coordinate-transformed first coordinate values indicating the end portion of the previous detected first continuum object and second coordinate values indicating the end portion of the first continuum object of this time is equal to or larger than a first threshold value obtained by assigning a weight for each azimuth position of the plurality of azimuth positions on basis of the positional information received previously by the first input circuitry.

4. The moving object detection device according to claim 2, wherein

each of the plurality of reflection points included in the positional information received by the first input circuitry includes coordinate values, wherein each coordinate value comprises a spatial distance of the reflection points at each azimuth position of the plurality of azimuth positions into which a measurement range of the radar object detector is divided, and

the controller, in operation, generates information indicating that the moving object is present at least when a difference value between coordinate-transformed first coordinate values indicating the end portion of the previous detected first continuum object and second coordinate values indicating the end portion of the first continuum object of this time is equal to or larger than a second threshold value and when a first spatial distance between the end portion of the first continuum of this time and the radar object detector and a second spatial distance between an end portion corresponding to at least an azimuth position adjacent to an azimuth position of the end portion and the radar object detector are substantially identical to each other.

5. The moving object detection device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller, in operation, processes the positional information received by the first input circuitry in time sequence, detects a second continuum object that is at a first distance from the first continuum object farther in a traveling direction of the vehicle than the first continuum object, and when the shape of the end portion of the first continuum object of this time on a side closer to the second continuum object is changed in comparison with the shape of the end portion of the previous detected first continuum object on the side closer to the second continuum object, outputs the information to the vehicle control circuitry.

6. The moving object detection device according to claim 5, comprising:

a second input circuitry that, in operation, receives vehicle information related to a move of the vehicle in time sequence, wherein

the controller, in operation,

transforms coordinate values of the previous detected first continuum object and the second continuum object into coordinate values that correspond to a coordinate system of coordinate values indicating the first continuum object of this time and the second continuum object on basis of the vehicle information received by the second input circuitry, and

detects change in the shape of the end portion of the first continuum object of this time on basis of at least coordinate-transformed first coordinate values indicating the previous detected first continuum and second coordinate values indicating the first continuum of this time.

7. The moving object detection device according to claim 1, wherein

when the controller determines that a width of the traveling road is smaller than a third threshold value, the controller processes the positional information received by the first input circuitry in time sequence.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute:

a process of receiving positional information indicating a position of an object present around a vehicle in time sequence from a radar object detector included in the vehicle, the positional information including a plurality of reflection points reflected by at least part of the object, the plurality of reflection points respectively corresponding to a plurality of azimuth positions from the radar object detector; and

a process of processing the positional information in time sequence including the plurality of reflection points included in the positional information, determining, based on the plurality of reflection points respectively corresponding to the plurality of azimuth positions from the radar object detector, a shape of an end portion of a detected first continuum object of this time is changed in comparison with a shape of an end portion of a previous detected first continuum object, and outputting information indicating that another moving object different from the vehicle is present to a vehicle control circuitry included in the vehicle.