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OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS

  • US 20140139369A1
  • Filed: 11/21/2013
  • Published: 05/22/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An object detection apparatus mounted in a vehicle, comprising:

  • a first domain definition unit configured to define a first object domain including a first detection point, the first detection point being indicative of a position of a first object detected by using a vehicle-mounted radar relative to a reference point on an XY-plane, an X-axis direction of the XY-plane being a vehicle widthwise direction, and a Y-axis direction of the XY-plane being a vehicle lengthwise direction;

    a second domain definition unit configured to define a second object domain including a second detection point, the second detection point being indicative of a position of a second object detected on the basis of an image captured by a vehicle-mounted monocular camera relative to the reference point on the XY-plane, the second object domain being defined by a second azimuthal range of azimuth angle of the second object from the forward direction of the vehicle; and

    a determination unit configured to determine whether or not an overlapping domain of the first and second object domains is present on the XY-plane, and when it is determined that an overlapping domain of the first and second object domains is present on the XY-plane, then determine that the first and second objects are the same.

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