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Title:
【発明の名称】車両用障害物検出装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3014879
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To prevent mistaken detection of obstacles such as guard rails on the road side, execute the appropriate detection of obstacles by appropriately changing the detecting area when the obstacles are detected with limitation to the area along the vehicle traveling path. CONSTITUTION:A radar unit 4 to detect the obstacles which are present ahead is provided. Constitution is made to predict the traveling path where the vehicle travels, and to detect the obstacles with a radar device with limitation to the area along the traveling path. In addition, a camera to detect the traveling environment of the vehicle on the road, and the specified correction is added in detecting the obstacles within the limited area along the traveling path according to the traveling environment by a correcting means 11. In this correction, for example, the area to detect the obstacles is extended to the other side of the lane when the vehicle is traveling one-sided to the center line on the lane, and the area to detect the obstacles is extended to the other lane side when another lane adjacent to the lane of the vehicle in the same direction is available.

Inventors:
Hiroki Uemura
Tadayuki Niibe
Ayumu Doi
Tohru Yoshioka
Kenichi Okuda
Yasunori Yamamoto
Satoshi Morioka
Tomohiko Adachi
Application Number:
JP30988492A
Publication Date:
February 28, 2000
Filing Date:
November 19, 1992
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Mazda Corporation Inc
International Classes:
B60R21/00; B60W30/00; G01S13/86; (IPC1-7): B60R21/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroshi Maeda (2 outside)