| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an obstacle detecting device for a vehicle capable of finely and accurately deciding an obstacle being a trouble in the traveling of the vehicle. <P>SOLUTION: This device is provided with a vehicle estimated traveling trajectory arithmetic unit 24 for calculating an estimated traveling trajectory on which a vehicle is presumed to travel from a steering angle at a current point of time, an image processor 32 for processing the image of a camera 34 which photographs a road conditions (white lines and objects) and a radar device 36 which detects an object in front of the vehicle. Whether or not the object on the estimated traveling trajectory is a dangerous obstacle, or whether or not the object on the traveling path is a dangerous obstacle is decided based on the estimated traveling trajectory, the traveling path, and the object grasped by using those devices 24, 32, and 36. Then, when an obstacle exists in the estimated traveling trajectory, and the object exists on the traveling path, it is decided that a significant danger is generated in the vehicle compared with the case in which an obstacle exists in the traveling path, while no obstacle exist in the estimated traveling trajectory. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO</p> |
