MOTION-CHARACTERISTIC BASED OBJECT CLASSIFICATION FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLE

摘要

An object-classification system (10) for an automated vehicle includes an object-detector (20) and a controller (28). The object-detector (20) may be a camera, radar, lidar or any combination thereof. The object-detector (20) detects an object (18) proximate to a host-vehicle (12). The controller (28) is in communication with the object-detector (20). The controller (28) is configured to determine a density (30) of the object (18) based on a motion-characteristic (32) of the object (18) caused by air-movement (34) proximate to the object (18), and operate the host-vehicle (12) to avoid striking the object (18) with the host-vehicle (12) when the density (30) of the object (18) is classified as dense.