Patent ID: 9435887
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: B60T,G01P,G01S,G06K,G06T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for detecting an object, comprising: a sensor unit including a light distance and ranging (LiDAR) sensor configured for collecting LiDAR data and a camera sensor configured for collecting image data; an area dividing unit configured to divide a common detection area of the LiDAR sensor and the camera sensor into a plurality of areas; a data analyzing unit configured to analyze the LiDAR data to extract a first object information and analyze the image data to extract a second object information; a sensor signal converging unit configured to determine whether a dangerous object exists for each of the divided areas based on the first object information and the second object information; and a vehicle information collecting unit configured to collect speed information about a vehicle, wherein: the plurality of areas divided by the area dividing unit comprise a ground non-included area and a ground included area; the data analyzing unit is configured to insert relative speed information of an object against the vehicle into at least one of the first object information and the second information; and the sensor signal converging unit is configured to determine that a dangerous object exists in the ground included-area when the first object information about the ground included is about a stopped object and the second object information about the stopped object is included in the image data.