Object detection system and object detection method

• Main Authors: SUZUKI KOJI, ABE KYOICHI, TOKORO SETSUO
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 14.10.2009
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

An object detection system includes a radar detection means ( 2 ), an image detection means ( 3 ), and a collating means ( 4 ). The collating means ( 4 ) performs a collation between an object detected by the radar detection means ( 2 ) in a present collation and an object that has been determined as being detected by the radar detection means ( 2 ) and the image detection means ( 3 ) in a previous collation (S 10 , S 11 ), further performs a collation between an object detected by the image detection means ( 3 ) in a present collation and an object that has been determined as being detected by the radar detection means ( 2 ) and the image detection means ( 3 ) in the previous collation (S 12 , S 13 ) when it is determined that the identical object is detected by the radar detection means ( 2 ) and the image detection means ( 3 ) in the previous collation. Then the collating means ( 4 ) determines whether the radar detection means ( 2 ) and the image detection means ( 3 ) detect the identical object based on