OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE
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Abstract
An in-vehicle object detecting apparatus for detecting a distance equivalent (a distance itself, a disparity with stereo cameras, or the like) to an object, which includes first detecting devices for detecting a distance equivalent to an object; a second detecting device for detecting a distance equivalent to an object by a detection principle different from that of the first detecting devices; a determining device for determining whether the first detecting devices and the second detecting device detected an identical object; and a judging device for, when it is determined that an identical object was detected, judging whether the distance equivalent detected by the second detecting device is to be used for evaluation of a detection error of the distance equivalent detected by the first detecting devices.
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12 Claims
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1-4. -4. (canceled)
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5. An in-vehicle object detecting apparatus for detecting a distance equivalent to an object, comprising:
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first detecting means for detecting a distance equivalent to an object, second detecting means for detecting a distance equivalent to an object by a detection principle different from that of the first detecting means; determining means for determining whether the first detecting means and the second detecting means detected an identical object; judging means for, when it is determined that an identical object was detected, judging whether the distance equivalent detected by the second detecting means is to be used for evaluation of a detection error of the distance equivalent detected by the first detecting means; and running stability determining means for determining whether a running state of the vehicle is a stable running state, wherein the judging means makes a judgment that the distance equivalent detected by the second detecting means is to be used for the evaluation, if it is determined that the running state of the vehicle is the stable running state. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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