Patent ID: 11956693
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of sensor units further comprises a third sensor,
the first sensor is a light detection and ranging (lidar) sensor,
the second sensor is an imaging sensor,
the third sensor is a radar, and
the processor is further configured to:
combine the sensing data provided by the lidar sensor and sensing data provided by the radar for each of the plurality of sensor units,
fuse image data provided by the imaging sensor of each of the plurality of sensor units with the combined sensing data, respectively, and
identify a class of the object as one of a person carrying a portable electronic device, a vehicle, or a robot, based on at least one of the image data or the fused sensing data.