Patent ID: 6052079
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
A vehicle with a radar for detecting a distance between the vehicle and an object, comprising:a radar fixed to the vehicle, said radar including a transmitting/receiving antenna;a discrimination element for classifying objects detected by the radar between first and second types of objects, said first type of objects being objects whose distance from the vehicle varies with a movement of the vehicle, said second type of objects being objects whose distance from the vehicle does not vary with a movement of the vehicle;a storage element for storing course data of the vehicle, said course data including object information; anda first identification element for receiving information on a object of the first type detected by the radar and for comparing the received information with the stored course data;said first identification element discriminating whether the received information corresponds to the object information included in said course data, said first identification element identifying said object of the first type detected by the radar in the case where it is discriminated that the received information does correspond to the object information included in said course data.