Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
DISTANCE CALCULATION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE POSITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS

Abstract:

A distance calculation apparatus includes an in-vehicle detection unit configured to detect a situation around a subject vehicle, and a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform recognizing an object on the basis of a detection data detected by the in-vehicle detection unit, extracting feature points included in the detection data, recognizing a representative position of a predetermined object on the basis of a distribution of feature points corresponding to the predetermined object among the feature points extracted in the extracting when the predetermined object is recognized in the recognizing, and calculating a distance from the subject vehicle to the predetermined object on the basis of the representative position recognized in the recognizing.