Patent attributes
Provided are an artificial intelligence (AI) system that simulates functions of a human brain such as recognition and judgment by utilizing a machine learning algorithm such as deep learning, etc., and an application of the AI system. Provided are an AI system and a method of recognizing an object according to the application of the AI system, the method including: obtaining a plurality of pieces of sensor data about the object from a plurality of different types of sensors; converting at least some of the plurality of pieces of sensor data into two-dimensional (2D) sensor data; and recognizing the object by using a previously generated learning network model based on 2D image data obtained from an image sensor, which is one of the plurality of sensors, and the 2D sensor data.