Method and apparatus with target detection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12429573-B2
Application number	US-202318103089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2023
Priority date	Oct 28, 2022
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of detecting a moving target by a target detecting apparatus. The method includes: acquiring radar data from a radar installed in a vehicle, extracting location coordinates of a moving target from the radar data, obtaining a line of a reflective surface on which a signal of the radar is reflected using location coordinates of a fixed object, determining whether the moving target is in a Line of Sight (LOS) area of the radar or in a Non Line of Sight (NLOS) area of the radar based on the location coordinates of the moving target and the line segment of the reflective surface, and based on determining that the moving target is in an area corresponding to the NLOS area of the radar, converting the location coordinates of the moving target into actual coordinates corresponding to an actual location of the moving target.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of detecting a moving target, the method comprising:
acquiring radar data from at least one radar installed in a vehicle;
extracting a location coordinate of the moving target from the radar data;
obtaining a line segment of a reflective surface on which a signal of the radar is reflected by using a location coordinate of a first end point of a fixed object located within a sensing range of the radar and a location coordinate of a second end point of the;
determining whether the moving target is in an area corresponding to a Non Line of Sight (NLOS) area of the radar based on the location coordinates of the moving target and the line segment of the reflective surface; and
converting the location coordinates of the moving target into actual location coordinates corresponding to an actual location of the moving target based on a determination that the moving target is in the area corresponding to the NLOS area of the radar,
wherein the location coordinate includes a distance and an angle, and
the determining whether the moving target is in an area corresponding to an NLOS area of the radar includes:
obtaining a location coordinate of an intersection point between a target line segment from a location corresponding to a center of the radar and the line segment of the reflective surface;
determining that the moving target is in the NLOS area when the angle of the moving target is positioned between the angle of the first end point and the angle of the second end point of the fixed object, and the distance of the moving target is greater than the distance of the intersection point.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein: the obtaining of the line segment of the reflective surface includes extracting location coordinates of the fixed object from a camera image acquired through a camera installed in the vehicle.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the obtaining of the line segment of the reflective surface further includes:
extracting the location coordinate of the first end point of the fixed object and the location coordinate of the second end point of the fixed object recognized within a sensing area of the camera, based on the camera image; and
defining the line segment of the reflective surface based on the location coordinate of the first end point and the location coordinate of the second end point.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining of the line segment of the reflective surface includes:
acquiring a driving direction of the vehicle and a driving speed of the vehicle;
distinguishing the fixed object from at least one target detected from the radar data by using the driving direction of the vehicle and the driving speed of the vehicle; and
extracting location coordinates of the fixed object from the radar data.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the distinguishing includes:
estimating a speed of at least a first target and a second target from the radar data;
classifying the first target as the fixed object based on the first target having a same speed as the driving speed of the vehicle in the driving direction of the vehicle; and
classifying the second target as the moving target based on the second target not having a same direction and the same speed as the driving direction of the vehicle and the driving speed of the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the obtaining of the line segment of the reflective surface further includes:
extracting the location coordinate of the first end point of the fixed object and the location coordinate of the second end point of the fixed object from the radar data; and
defining the line segment of the reflective surface based on the location coordinate of the first end point and the location coordinate of the second end point.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the converting includes calculating the actual location coordinates by mirroring the location coordinates of the moving target relative to the line segment of the reflective surface.

8. An apparatus for detecting a target, the apparatus comprising:
a radar installed in a vehicle and configured to acquire radar data;
one or more processors;
memory storing instructions configured to, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
determine whether a moving target is in an area corresponding to a Non Line of Sight (NLOS) area of the radar by using a location coordinate of a first end point of a fixed object located within a sensing range of the radar and a location coordinate of a second end point of the fixed object and a location coordinate of the moving target extracted from the radar data; and
convert the location coordinates of the moving target into actual location coordinates when the moving target is determined to be in the area corresponding to the NLOS area,
wherein the location coordinate includes a distance and an angle, and
the instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to:
define a line segment of a reflective surface on which a signal of the radar is reflected based on the location coordinate of the first end point of the fixed object and the location coordinate of the second point of the fixed object;
obtaining a location coordinate of an intersection point between a target line segment from a location corresponding to a center of the radar and the line segment of the reflective surface;
determining that the moving target is in the NLOS area when the angle of the moving target is positioned between the angle of the first end point and the angle of the second end point of the fixed object, and the distance of the moving target is greater than the distance of the intersection point.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to:
extract the location coordinate of the first end point of the fixed object and the location coordinate of the second point of the fixed object from a camera image acquired through a camera installed in the vehicle; and
extract the location coordinates of the moving target from the radar data.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to:
acquire a driving direction of the vehicle and a driving speed of the vehicle; and
classify the fixed object as fixed and classify the moving target as moving by using the driving direction of the vehicle and the driving speed of the vehicle.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to:
estimate a speed of the fixed object and a speed of the moving target from the radar data,
classify the fixed object as being fixed based on the fixed object having a same speed as the driving speed of the vehicle in the driving direction, and
classify the moving target as being moving based on the moving target having a direction and a speed that differs from the driving direction of the vehicle and the driving speed of the vehicle.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to:
calculate the actual location coordinates of the moving target by mirroring the location coordinates of the moving target based on the line segment of the reflective surface.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to:
display graphics representing the moving target in an image area corresponding to the LOS area, and display graphics representing the moving target in an image area corresponding to the location coord

Assignees

• Samsung Electro Mech

Inventors

• So Won Wook
• Lee Gilha
• Ryu Taegyu
• Lee Yunjong

Classifications

• G01S13/931 Primary

  of land vehicles · CPC title

• G01S2013/93271

  in the front of the vehicles · CPC title

• G01S2013/462

  using multipath signals · CPC title

• G01S2013/93275

  in the bumper area · CPC title

• G01S13/867

  Combination of radar systems with cameras · CPC title