| US 7,468,791 B2 | ||
| Object recognition system for vehicle | ||
| Yoshie Samukawa, Kariya (Japan); Tsutomu Natsume, Nagoya (Japan); and Keiko Okuda, Ogaki (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Denso Corporation, Kariya (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 06, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/99,974. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-115588 (JP), filed on Apr. 09, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0225744 A1, Oct. 13, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01J 1/42 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 356—325 [356/4.01; 701/96; 701/300; 342/70; 342/71] | 24 Claims |
| 24. An object recognition device for a vehicle that irradiates transmitting waves away from a subject vehicle, acquires data
corresponding to objects around the subject vehicle on the basis of reflected waves of the transmitting waves, and recognizes
the objects on the basis of the data, the object recognition device comprising:
means for determining a high possibility that each of the recognized objects does not exist when a width of the recognized
object is larger than a given value;
means for determining whether a specified number of the objects greater than two are determined to have the high possibility
to not exist;
means for identifying an adverse condition under which the objects cannot be normally detected when the specified number of
the objects are determined to have the high possibility to not exist; and
means for stopping vehicle travel control which uses the data acquired on the basis of the reflected waves when the adverse
condition is identified.
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