Patent ID: 8130138

Claim:
An object detecting apparatus configured to detect a target by transmitting an electromagnetic wave, and by receiving a reflected wave resulting from reflection of the electromagnetic wave by the target, the apparatus comprising: ghost target candidate judging means (M 5 ) configured to judge that a first target of two targets is a candidate for a ghost target of a second target of the two targets in a situation where distances of the two targets from a subject vehicle are equal to each other and where a difference between receiving levels of the two targets is equal to or larger than a predetermined value; running-abreast target judging means (M 6 ) configured to judge that the first target is a target running abreast of the second target based on changes in an angle difference and in a left-right positional difference between the two targets in accordance with a change in the distances of the two targets from the subject vehicle; and ghost target judging means (M 7 ) configured to judge, as a ghost target, a target obtained by removing the running-abreast target judged by the running-abreast target judging means (M 6 ) from the candidates for the ghost target judged by the ghost target candidate judging means (M 5 ).