Patent ID: 7382441

Claim:
An object detecting apparatus for detecting an object, the apparatus comprising: a case having a light radiating window and a light receiving window; a light radiation unit, disposed in the case, for radiating a laser light through the light radiating window; a light receiver unit, disposed in the case, for receiving the laser light reflected by an object and entering through the light receiving window; control means for detecting an output power of the light radiated from the light radiation unit and feedback-controlling the output power of the laser light to a predetermined level based on a detected output power of the laser light; and mirror means, movably disposed in the case, for changing an angle of reflection of the laser light radiated from the light radiation unit, the mirror means being driven to reflect the laser light in the case without being radiated through the light radiating window and received by the light receiver unit without being passed through the light receiving window when a vehicle is in a stopping condition.