IP Library Granted Patent US 11,619,736
Granted Patent B2
US 11,619,736 · App. 17/208,413 · Granted Apr 4, 2023

Object detection device

Inventors: Ippei Sugae (Kariya, JP); Koichi Sassa (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
G01S15/08G01S15/931G01S2015/938
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Patent No.
US 11,619,736
App. No.
17/208,413
Granted
Apr 4, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object detection device that detects an object existing around a moving body moving on a road surface by a TOF method, the object detection device includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires target information including distance information of a detection target on the basis of a comparison result between a signal level of a reflected wave and a first threshold value; a second acquisition unit that acquires road surface information including distance information of the road surface on the basis of a comparison result between the signal level of the reflected wave and a second threshold value; and a setting unit that sets the second threshold value so that an amount of the distance information acquired within a predetermined period does not exceed a predetermined amount.

Claims (13)

1. An object detection device that detects an object existing around a moving body moving on a road surface by a TOF method, the object detection device comprising:

at least one processor configured to implement:

a first acquisition unit that acquires target information including distance information of a detection target on the basis of a comparison result between a signal level of a reflected wave and a first threshold value;

a second acquisition unit that acquires road surface information including distance information of the road surface on the basis of a comparison result between the signal level of the reflected wave and a second threshold value; and

a setting unit that sets the second threshold value to control an amount of data of the distance information acquired within a predetermined period to not exceed a predetermined amount.

2. The object detection device according to claim 1 further comprising an output unit that outputs the road surface information to an external device via a transmission line,

wherein the predetermined amount is set so as not to exceed a transmission capability of the transmission line.

3. The object detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the first threshold value is set on the basis of the road surface information.

4. The object detection device according to claim 3 , wherein the second acquisition unit acquires the road surface information when the first acquisition unit does not perform processing for acquiring the target information.

5. The object detection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second threshold value fluctuates so that an upper value and a lower value smaller than the upper value are alternately repeated with time elapse, and

the road surface information is not acquired in a period corresponding to the upper value, but is acquired in a period corresponding to the lower value.

6. The object detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined period is a period corresponding to a strong reflection range in which the signal level of the reflected wave from the road surface becomes relatively high in a detectable distance range.

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 22, 2021
From: SUGAE, IPPEI; SASSA, KOICHI
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055673/0478 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-139490 · Aug 20, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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