OTHER-VEHICLE DETECTION DEVICE AND OTHER-VEHICLE DETECTION METHOD

摘要

An other-vehicle detection unit (18) in an other-vehicle detection device (10a) detects another vehicle (VO) in the vicinity of the local vehicle (VM), on the basis of a specific feature value. Regarding the feature value for detecting the other vehicle (VO) in the vicinity of the local vehicle (VM), a detection reference-value adjustment unit (16) in the other-vehicle detection device (10a) detects the other vehicle (VO) while changing the threshold value of the feature value that detects the other vehicle (VO), on the basis of the relative position relationships between the other vehicle (VO) and the local vehicle (VM). The invention enables the presence of the other vehicle (VO) to be detected in a manner more responsive to the conditions.