Obstacle detection device for vehicle and method thereof
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshihito Hori, Masakatsu Nonaka
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Abstract
An obstacle detection device for a vehicle that detects obstacles using a distance to an object calculated by image processing and a distance to the object calculated by radar ranging. This obstacle detection device includes a measuring portion that measures an amount of movement of the object at a predetermined interval of time by image processing and a measuring portion that measures an amount of movement of the object at a predetermined interval of time by radar ranging, and does not determine the object to be an obstacle when the two amounts of movement are not consistent.
Claims13
An obstacle detection device for a vehicle, comprising:
- a first measuring portion that determines a distance between the vehicle and an object in a vicinity of the vehicle;
- a second measuring portion that determines a distance between the vehicle and the object in the vicinity of the vehicle and has a different characteristic than the first measuring portion;
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- a controller that determines that the object is an obstacle when:
- the distance between the vehicle and the object determined by the first measuring portion and the distance between the vehicle and the object determined by the second measuring portion with the same timing used by the first measuring portion are consistent, and
- at least one of a displacement amount of the distance, a displacement amount of a relative velocity and a displacement amount of a relative acceleration at a predetermined interval of time from the vehicle to the object determined by the first measuring portion and a corresponding at least one of a displacement amount of the distance, a displacement amount of the relative velocity and a displacement of the relative acceleration from the vehicle to the object determined by the second measuring portion with the same timing used by the first measuring portion are consistent.
An obstacle detection method of an obstacle detection device for a vehicle, comprising:
- determining, by a first measuring method, a distance between the vehicle and an object in a vicinity of the vehicle, and at least one of a displacement amount of that distance, a displacement amount of a relative velocity and a displacement amount of a relative acceleration;
- determining, by a second measuring method that has a different characteristic than the first measuring method with the same timing used by the first measuring method, a distance between the vehicle and the object in the vicinity of the vehicle and at least one of a displacement amount of that distance, a displacement amount of a relative velocity and a displacement amount of a relative acceleration;
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- determining the object to be an obstacle when:
- the distance between the vehicle and the objection determined in the first measuring step and the distance between the vehicle and the objection determined in the second measuring step are consistent, and
- at least one of a displacement amount of the distance, a displacement amount of a relative velocity and a displacement mount of a relative acceleration determined in the first measuring step and a displacement amount of the distance, a displacement amount of a relative velocity and a displacement mount of a relative acceleration determined in the second measuring step are consistent.
An obstacle detection device for a vehicle that detects an obstacle using a distance to an object calculated by image processing and a distance to the object calculated by radar ranging, comprising:
- a first measuring portion that calculates, by image processing, a displacement amount of relative velocity or a relative acceleration from the vehicle to the object at a predetermined interval of time;
- a second measuring portion that calculates, by radar ranging, a displacement amount of the relative velocity or the relative acceleration at the predetermined interval of time;
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- a control portion that determines the object to be an obstacle when the two displacement amounts of the relative velocity or the relative acceleration are consistent.
An obstacle detection method by an obstacle detection device for a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- calculating, by image processing, a displacement amount of a relative velocity or a relative acceleration from the vehicle to an object at a predetermined interval of time;
- calculating, by radar ranging, a displacement amount of the relative velocity or the relative acceleration at the predetermined interval of time;
- comparing the displacement amount of the relative velocity or the relative acceleration at a predetermined interval time of the object calculated by the image processing with the displacement amount of the relative velocity or the relative acceleration at a predetermined interval of time of the object measured by the radar ranging;
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- determining the object to be an obstacle when the displacement amounts of the relative velocity or the relative acceleration are consistent.
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