Patent ID: 7889116

Claim:
An object detecting apparatus comprising: a first radar that receives a reflected wave from an object as reflection of a transmitted wave sent out, to detect a position of the object and a relative velocity between the apparatus and the object; a second radar arranged so that a detection region thereof overlaps in part with a detection region of the first radar, and adapted to receive a reflected wave from an object as reflection of a transmitted wave sent out, to detect a position of the object and a relative velocity between the apparatus and the object; and a data processing section that sets a range for a moving path of the object, based on the position of the object and the relative velocity detected by one of the first and second radars, and, when the position of the object detected by the other of the first and second radars is included in the range and there is agreement between the relative velocities detected by the first and second radars, determines that the object detected by the first radar is identical with the object detected by the second radar, wherein the range set for the moving path of the object, based on the position of the object, is a region within a predetermined width from an estimated movement locus of the object, in the vicinity of a border position of the detection region on the other radar side.