Patent ID: 8854251

Claim:
An object identification device which identifies an object, based on a transmission signal and a reflection signal caused by the object reflecting the transmission signal, the object identification device comprising: a measurement section configured to measure at least one of the relative distance and the relative velocity with respect to the object; an intensity detection section configured to detect the intensity of the reflection signal; and an object identification section configured to identify the object which can be an obstacle object, based on at least one of the relative velocity and the variation in the relative distance, and on the variation in the intensity, wherein the object identification section includes an operation section configured to, if it is determined that the absolute value of the relative velocity of the object is equal to or smaller than a velocity threshold value, determine that the object is not a target to be identified as an obstacle object or a non-obstacle object, before the object is identified as an obstacle object or a non-obstacle object.