Patent ID: 11941981
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 7:
8. An obstacle detection method of a vehicle, the obstacle detection method comprising: calculating, by a driving information unit, driving position information of the vehicle; anticipating, by a determiner, whether the vehicle will enter a joining point where the vehicle meets a target road to be joined based on the calculated driving position information; and changing, by a controller, a sensing range of a sensing unit so as to detect an obstacle moving on the target road to be joined in response to the determiner anticipating that the vehicle will enter the joining point, wherein the obstacle detection method further comprising: calculating, by the driving information unit, a lane width of the target road to be joined based on information about the target road to be joined and driving position information, wherein, the changing of the sensing range includes extending, by the controller, a lateral width of the sensing range based on the calculated lane width of the target road to be joined.