Patent ID: 11935308
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method of recognizing an object in a vehicle including a sensor, the method comprising:
detecting that the vehicle is traveling on a same lane as that of a front vehicle of the vehicle by detecting left and right division lines using information from the sensor;
acquiring information concerning lights which the front vehicle turns on by detecting a taillight of the front vehicle using the information from the sensor captured during nighttime;
determining a type of the front vehicle during nighttime based on the information concerning the lights acquired during nighttime; and
control traveling of the vehicle based on the determined type of the front vehicle,
wherein a condition in which it is determined that the type of the front vehicle is a two-wheeled vehicle includes a case in which the front vehicle includes a reflecting plate and not less than two lights arrayed in a vertical direction with respect to the ground surface.