Patent ID: 8305254
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. An object detecting apparatus comprising: an acquiring unit which acquires information of an object existing around a subject vehicle by means of a radar; an angle detecting unit which detects an angle of the object with respect to the subject vehicle; an extrapolating unit which extrapolates the information of the object when any information of the object is not acquired after acquiring the information of the object by the acquiring unit; and a judging unit which judges whether or not the object actually exists on the basis of the information of the object acquired by the acquiring unit and the information of the object extrapolated by the extrapolating unit, wherein: the judging unit relaxes a condition to judge that the object actually exists when the information, which is extrapolated by the extrapolating unit if an amount of change of the angle detected by the angle detecting unit is not less than a predetermined amount, is included in the information of the object to be used to judge whether or not the object actually exists, as compared with when the information, which is extrapolated by the extrapolating unit, is not included.