OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE - MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP

Title:

OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/230231

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

This obstacle detection device (100) comprises a reception control unit (21) for acquiring reception signals (RS) including a first reception signal (RS1) corresponding to a first reflected wave (RW1) reflected by an object (O) in the vicinity of a vehicle (1) and a second reception signal (RS2) corresponding to a second reflected wave (RW2) reflected by the object (O) in a direction different from the first reflected wave (RW1), an echo detection unit (22) for detecting echo groups (EG) including a first echo group (EG1) in the first reception signal (RS1) and a second echo group (EG2) in the second reception signal (RS2), and a first pedestrian determination unit (23) for, on the basis of detection results from the echo detection unit (22), determining that the object (O) is a pedestrian if there are a plurality of echoes (E) within a window (W) having a width corresponding to a pedestrian and outputting the result of the determination.

Inventors:

URAKAWA YUKI (JP)
INOUE SATORU (JP)
ONODERA HIROSHI (JP)
TSUJITA WATARU (JP)
ASAHINA TSUTOMU (JP)
YAMASHITA GENKI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2019/018917

Publication Date:

November 19, 2020

Filing Date:

May 13, 2019

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Assignee:

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP (JP)

International Classes:

G01S7/527; G01S15/93

Domestic Patent References:

WO2011145140A1

2011-11-24

Foreign References:

US8432770B2	2013-04-30
JP2004317360A	2004-11-11
JPS61243384A	1986-10-29
JP2010231317A	2010-10-14