IP Library Granted Patent US 11,709,263
Granted Patent B2
US 11,709,263 · App. 17/202,706 · Granted Jul 25, 2023

Object detector

Inventors: Koichi Sassa (Kariya, JP); Ippei Sugae (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
G01S15/04G01S15/46G01S15/58G01S15/931G01S2015/465
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Patent No.
US 11,709,263
App. No.
17/202,706
Granted
Jul 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object detector includes: a triangulation calculation unit that performs triangulation calculation for detecting a location of an object based on first distance information calculated based on direct waves in which transmitted waves transmitted from a first transmission and reception unit are reflected by an object and received by the first transmission and reception unit, and second distance information calculated based on indirect waves in which transmitted waves transmitted from a second transmission and reception unit arranged in a location different from the first transmission and reception unit are reflected by an object and received by the first transmission and reception unit; and a prohibition processing unit that prohibits triangulation calculation when a difference between first velocity information indicating a velocity of an object calculated based on the direct waves and second velocity information indicating a velocity of an object calculated based on the indirect waves exceeds a predetermined range.

Claims (14)

1. An object detector comprising:

a triangulation calculation unit that performs triangulation calculation for detecting a location of an object on the basis of first distance information calculated on the basis of direct waves in which transmitted waves transmitted from a first transmission and reception unit are reflected by an object and received by the first transmission and reception unit, and second distance information calculated on the basis of indirect waves in which transmitted waves transmitted from a second transmission and reception unit arranged in a location different from the first transmission and reception unit are reflected by an object and received by the first transmission and reception unit;

a velocity information acquisition unit that calculates first velocity information indicating a velocity or relative velocity of an object calculated on the basis of the direct waves and second velocity information indicating a velocity or relative velocity of an object calculated on the basis of the indirect waves; and

a prohibition processing unit that prohibits the triangulation calculation when a difference between the first velocity information and the second velocity information exceeds a predetermined value.

2. The object detector according to claim 1 , wherein

the first velocity information is a Doppler shift amount calculated on the basis of the direct waves, and

the second velocity information is a Doppler shift amount calculated on the basis of the indirect waves.

3. The object detector according to claim 1 , wherein

the first velocity information is a relative velocity based on a Doppler shift amount calculated on the basis of the direct waves, and

the second velocity information is a relative velocity based on a Doppler shift amount calculated on the basis of the indirect waves.

4. The object detector according to claim 1 further comprising:

an acquisition unit that acquires the first distance information or the second distance information by detecting the direct waves or the indirect waves at a signal level exceeding a threshold;

a sort processing unit that, when a plurality of pieces of the first distance information or the second distance information are acquired in a predetermined period, sets a priority of the first distance information or the second distance information such that the larger a difference between a signal level corresponding to the first distance information or the second distance information and the threshold, the higher the priority; and

an output control unit that outputs the plurality of pieces of the first distance information or the second distance information in descending order of the priority.

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: SASSA, KOICHI; SUGAE, IPPEI
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055605/0382 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-102595 · Jun 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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