Patent ID: 8362890

Claim:
An object detecting apparatus comprising: a sensor configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave and configured to receive a reflected wave reflected by an object; a noise determining portion configured to determine existence or nonexistence of a noise signal received by the sensor for a plurality of detecting areas by using a different threshold value for each of the plurality of detecting areas at a time different from a time from when the sensor transmits the ultrasonic wave until when the sensor receives the reflected wave, each of the plurality of detecting areas having a different detecting distance; a detected result determining portion configured to validate or invalidate an object detected result of the sensor for each of the plurality of detecting areas based on existence or nonexistence of the noise signal determined by the noise determining portion for each of the plurality of detecting areas; and a warning portion configured to warn about the object detected result for a detecting area in the plurality of detecting areas that is validated by the detected result determining portion; wherein the noise determining portion includes: a noise determining circuit configured to detect the noise signal received by the sensor and configured to determine existence or nonexistence of the noise signal by comparing a level of the detected noise signal with the threshold value; a first noise determining portion configured to set the threshold value of the noise determining circuit to be a first threshold value and configured to determine existence or nonexistence of the noise signal for a first detecting area in the plurality of detecting areas; and a second noise determining portion configured to set the threshold value of the noise determining circuit to be a second threshold value different from the first threshold value and configured to determine existence or nonexistence of the noise signal for a second detecting area in the plurality of detecting areas.