| CPC G01S 13/931 (2013.01) [G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 2013/93185 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93271 (2020.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. An object tracking apparatus comprising:
a processor;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium; and
a set of computer-executable instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that cause the processor to:
receive first information that includes first position information indicating a position of a first object that is detected by a first external sensor that monitors a first area that is positioned in a first direction relative to a vehicle and first identification information for identifying the first object;
receive second information that includes second position information indicating a position of a second object that is detected by a second external sensor that monitors a second area that is positioned in a second direction that differs from the first direction relative to the vehicle and second identification information for identifying the second object; and
combine the first information and the second information, wherein
the first area and the second area include an overlapping area in which edge portions of the first area and the second area overlap each other, and
set of computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to:
determine whether the first object and the second object that are simultaneously detected in the overlapping area are a same object using the first information and the second information; and
combine the first information and the second information by recording the second identification information of the second information in the first information and deleting the second information, in response to determining that the first object and the second object that are simultaneously detected in the overlapping area are the same object.
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