IP Library Granted Patent US 11,719,815
Granted Patent B2
US 11,719,815 · App. 17/202,633 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Object detection device

Inventors: Ippei Sugae (Kariya, JP); Koichi Sassa (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
G01S15/931G01S15/04G01S15/104
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Patent No.
US 11,719,815
App. No.
17/202,633
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object detection device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a transmission wave; a reception unit configured to receive a reception wave, which is the transmission wave reflected by and returned from an object, until a predetermined measurement time elapses after the transmission wave is transmitted; a detection unit configured to detect the object based on distance information based on the reception wave received by the reception unit; and a reception control unit configured to set the measurement time after the detection of the object to be shorter than the measurement time after a non-detection of the object.

Claims (25)

1. An object detection device comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a transmission wave;

a receiver configured to receive a reception wave, which is the transmission wave reflected by and returned from an object, until a predetermined measurement time elapses after the transmission wave is transmitted;

a detector configured to detect the object based on distance information based on the reception wave received by the receiver; and

a reception controller configured to set a measurement time after a detection of the object to be shorter than a measurement time after a non-detection of the object.

2. The object detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the reception controller sets the measurement time after the detection of the object to a time corresponding to a position that is farther than a distance to a closest present object by a predetermined distance.

3. The object detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a transmission controller configured to set a transmission interval from a transmission of the transmission wave to a next transmission of the transmission wave, and set the transmission interval after the detection of the object to be shorter than the transmission interval after the non-detection of the object, wherein

the transmitter transmits the transmission wave based on the transmission interval.

4. The object detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a CFAR processor configured to perform CFAR processing based on a predetermined moving average time for a signal corresponding to the reception wave received by the receiver, and shorten the predetermined moving average time as a distance to the detected object increases.

5. An object detection device, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a transmission wave;

a receiver configured to receive a reception wave which is the transmission wave reflected by and returned from an object;

a detector configured to detect the object based on distance information based on the reception wave received by the receiver; and

a CFAR processor configured to perform CFAR processing based on a predetermined moving average time for a signal corresponding to the reception wave received by the receiver, and shorten the predetermined moving average time as a distance to the detected object increases.

6. The object detection device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a reception controller configured to set a predetermined measurement time from a transmission of the transmission wave, and set a measurement time after a detection of the object to be shorter than a measurement time after a non-detection of the object, wherein

the receiver receives the reception wave until the set measurement elapses after the transmission wave is transmitted.

7. The object detection device according to claim 6 , wherein

the reception controller sets the measurement time after the detection of the object to a time corresponding to a position that is farther than a distance to a closest present object by a predetermined distance.

8. The object detection device according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a transmission controller configured to set a transmission interval which is a time from a transmission of the transmission wave to a next transmission of the transmission wave, and set the transmission interval after the detection of the object to be shorter than the transmission interval after the non-detection of the object, wherein

the transmitter transmits the transmission wave based on the transmission interval.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 23, 2021
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058575/0964 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2021
From: SUGAE, IPPEI; SASSA, KOICHI
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055607/0769 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-069571 · Apr 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210318431A1 · Oct 14, 2021
Cited By (1)
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