Apparatus, method, and computer program for object detection
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsDaisuke Toyoda, Junya Inada
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Abstract
An apparatus for object detection includes a processor configured to detect an object around a vehicle by inputting a sensor signal into a classifier. The sensor signal is obtained by at least one sensor for sensing the situation around the vehicle, and the sensor is mounted on the vehicle. The processor is further configured to set the degree of omission of computation so that at least part of computation on the sensor signal by the classifier will be omitted when the speed of the vehicle is not greater than a predetermined speed threshold and the situation around the vehicle does not correspond to any of predetermined exceptional situations.
Claims9
An apparatus for object detection, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- detect an object around a vehicle by inputting a sensor signal into a classifier, the sensor signal being obtained by at least one sensor mounted on the vehicle for sensing the situation around the vehicle;
- and
- set the degree of omission of computation so that at least part of computation on the sensor signal by the classifier will be omitted when the speed of the vehicle is not greater than a predetermined speed threshold and the situation around the vehicle does not correspond to a first situation in which the number of objects around the vehicle is not less than a predetermined number, a second situation in which the distance between the vehicle and an object around the vehicle is not greater than a predetermined distance, a third situation in which the speed of an object around the vehicle relative to the vehicle is not less than a predetermined threshold, a fourth situation in which the vehicle is stuck in a traffic jam, nor a fifth situation in which the vehicle is stopped beyond a stop line, wherein
- the processor omits part of computation on the sensor signal by the classifier according to the set degree of omission of computation.
A method for object detection, comprising:
- detecting an object around a vehicle by inputting a sensor signal into a classifier, the sensor signal being obtained by at least one sensor mounted on the vehicle for sensing the situation around the vehicle;
- and
- setting the degree of omission of computation so that at least part of computation on the sensor signal by the classifier will be omitted when the speed of the vehicle is not greater than a predetermined speed threshold and the situation around the vehicle does not correspond to a first situation in which the number of objects around the vehicle is not less than a predetermined number, a second situation in which the distance between the vehicle and an object around the vehicle is not greater than a predetermined distance, a third situation in which the speed of an object around the vehicle relative to the vehicle is not less than a predetermined threshold, a fourth situation in which the vehicle is stuck in a traffic jam, nor a fifth situation in which the vehicle is stopped beyond a stop line, wherein
- detection of the object is executed with part of computation on the sensor signal by the classifier being omitted according to the set degree of omission of computation.
A non-transitory recording medium that stores a computer program for object detection, the computer program causing a processor mounted on a vehicle to execute a process comprising:
- detecting an object around the vehicle by inputting a sensor signal into a classifier, the sensor signal being obtained by at least one sensor mounted on the vehicle for sensing the situation around the vehicle;
- and
- setting the degree of omission of computation so that at least part of computation on the sensor signal by the classifier will be omitted when the speed of the vehicle is not greater than a predetermined speed threshold and the situation around the vehicle does not correspond to a first situation in which the number of objects around the vehicle is not less than a predetermined number, a second situation in which the distance between the vehicle and an object around the vehicle is not greater than a predetermined distance, a third situation in which the speed of an object around the vehicle relative to the vehicle is not less than a predetermined threshold, a fourth situation in which the vehicle is stuck in a traffic jam, nor a fifth situation in which the vehicle is stopped beyond a stop line, wherein
- detection of the object is executed with part of computation on the sensor signal by the classifier being omitted according to the set degree of omission of computation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.