US 11,993,309 B2
Driver assistance apparatus, vehicle having the same, and method of controlling vehicle
Seungju Ham, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/469,532.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0136777 (KR), filed on Oct. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0119038 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01)
CPC B62D 15/029 (2013.01) [B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); B62D 15/0265 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9315 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93275 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driver assistance apparatus comprising:
a first radar sensor mounted to a vehicle and having a view of a left rear side outside the vehicle, the first radar sensor configured to output first detecting data;
a second radar sensor mounted to the vehicle and having a view of a right rear side outside the vehicle, the second radar sensor configured to output second detecting data; and
a controller configured to:
process the first detecting data and the second detecting data;
generate a plurality of detection points based on processing of the first detecting data and the second detecting data;
generate a first track and a second track based on the plurality of detection points,
wherein the first track and the second track correspond to a first object external to the vehicle;
identify a track that is normally detected and a track that is erroneously detected from among the first track and the second track, wherein the track that is normally detected corresponds to a track of the first object external to the vehicle and the track that is erroneously detected corresponds to one or more reflections of radio waves off of a second object external to the vehicle; and
warn of a collision in a direction located on the normally detected track.