Patent ID: 9689975
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B60W,G01S

Claim:
1. A radar apparatus configured to set a first target to be a non-output object with respect to a control apparatus of a host vehicle in a case where the first target (1) has a fore-and-aft distance from the host vehicle that is larger than a fore-and-aft distance of a second target from the host vehicle and (2) has been determined to be an accessory portion which belongs to a same vehicle as the second target, the radar apparatus comprising a signal processor configured to: determine whether or not the second target is present in an own lane of the host vehicle; determine whether or not the second target is changing a lane; and set the first target, which previously had been determined to be the accessory portion which belongs to the same vehicle as the second target, to be an output object with respect to the control apparatus of the host vehicle and part of a different vehicle than the vehicle associated with the second target in a case where the second target is changing the lane from the own lane, wherein in a case where the first target (i) is determined to be present within a determination range in which the presence or absence of the accessory portion is determined and (ii) is in a vicinity of a position farthest from a position of the second target, the signal processor sets the first target as the output object with respect to the control apparatus of the host vehicle.