US 12,461,234 B2
Vehicle object detection system and method for detecting a target object in a detection area located behind and lateral of a subject vehicle
Shoichi Sekiguchi, Singapore (SG); Yusuke Ishimatsu, Toyota (JP); Takashi Unigame, Toyota (JP); and Issei Matsunaga, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to AUMOVIO AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY GERMANY GMBH, Ingolstadt (DE); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by AUMOVIO Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH, Ingolstadt (DE); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/482,319.
Claims priority of application No. 22202610 (EP), filed on Oct. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0134039 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0230889 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G01S 13/931 (2020.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 13/931 (2013.01) [B60Q 9/008 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A vehicle object detection system (10) for detecting a target object (60) in a detection area (DA) located behind and/or lateral of a subject vehicle (50), the vehicle object detection system (10) comprising:
judging means (20) configured to generate a judgement on whether a target object (60) which has been detected in the detection area (DA) is an alert object, and to output the judgement to warning means (30) which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle (50) based on the judgement indicating that the target object (60) is an alert object, wherein the judging means (20) is configured to generate the judgement based on
one or more positions of one or more other objects (70) other than the target object (60) being detected to be located between the target object (60) and the subject vehicle (50), and
a time period during which the target object (60) is detected, being smaller than a specified period of time.