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Apparatus and method for detecting obstacle adaptively to vehicle speed

  • US 9,352,690 B2
  • Filed: 10/22/2013
  • Issued: 05/31/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for detecting an obstacle adaptively to vehicle speed, comprising:

  • a Global Positioning System (GPS) configured to generate information about a speed of a vehicle and a Pulse Per Second (PPS) signal;

    a speed-adaptive camera sensor configured to adjust a range of a detection region on an image of an area around the vehicle captured by a camera based on the information about the speed of the vehicle, and to generate first detection data on the obstacle within the range of the detection region using the PPS signal as a synchronization signal;

    a speed-adaptive laser scanner sensor configured to adjust a range of an angle of a field of view of a laser scanner for detecting the obstacle around the vehicle based on the information about the speed of the vehicle, and to generate second detection data on the obstacle within the range of the angle of the field of view using the PPS signal as a synchronization signal; and

    a processor configured to;

    receive, by a control unit, the information about the speed of the vehicle and the PPS signal from the GPS;

    generate and output, by the detection data integration unit, obstacle detection data by integrating the first detection data and the second detection data based on a first PPS delay signal and a second PPS delay signal,wherein the obstacle detection data comprises integrating a plurality of pieces of detection data on detected objects around the vehicle at the same time with respect the first detection data and the second detection data.

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