Patent ID: 7468791
Filing Date: 2008-12-23
Classification: B60W,G01S,G06K,G08G

Abstract:
1. An object recognition device for a vehicle that irradiates transmitting waves away from a subject vehicle, acquires data corresponding to objects around the subject vehicle on the basis of reflected waves of the transmitting waves, and recognizes the objects on the basis of the data, the object recognition device comprising: size determining means for determining a size of each of the recognized objects and that each of the recognized objects is large when at least a width of the recognized object is larger than a given determination value such that there is a high possibility that the recognized object does not exist; existence condition determining means for determining whether at least a given number of the objects greater than two are determined to be large by the size determining means; adverse condition determining means for identifying an adverse condition under which the objects cannot be normally detected when the given number of the objects are determined to be large by the existence condition determining means; and control means for stopping vehicle travel control which uses the data acquired on the basis of the reflected waves when the adverse condition is identified.