Inter-vehicle control apparatus and distance measurement...

Details Inter-vehicle control apparatus and distance measurement... Inter-vehicle control apparatus and distance measurement...

2006-10-06

2009-02-24

To, Tuan C (Department: 3663)

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Relative location

Collision avoidance

C340S435000, C342S070000, C342S107000, C342S109000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07496449

ABSTRACT:
In an object recognition apparatus for a vehicle which uses intensities of reflected waves from reflecting objects to make a recognition on whether a reflecting object is a vehicle or a non-vehicle, a plurality of transmission waves are emitted to receive a plurality of reflected waves from the reflecting objects, and a decision is made as to whether or not the reflecting object producing the plurality of reflected waves is a unitary reflecting object. If the decision shows a unitary reflecting object, the highest intensity of intensities of the reflected waves from the unitary reflecting object is compared with a reference intensity to makes a decision on whether the reflecting object is a vehicle or a non-vehicle. This enables univocally making a decision for each unitary reflecting object as to whether the reflecting object is more likely to be a vehicle or to be a non-vehicle, thus improving the recognition accuracy.

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