US Patent 11643113 Target identification device and driving assistance device

In a target identification device, an acquisition unit is configured to acquire trajectory information including information on a movement trajectory of a moving object in the surroundings of a vehicle. A calculation unit is configured to calculate a likelihood for each type of moving object from the trajectory information by using a plurality of models predefined for each type of moving object. A target identification unit is configured to identify the type of the moving object according to the likelihood calculated by the calculation unit.