DETERMINING OBJECTS OF INTEREST FOR ACTIVE CRUISE CONTROL

An object-detection system (10) suitable for use on an autonomous vehicle includes a camera (14), a radar-sensor (24), and a controller (38). The camera (14) detects a travel-lane (16) of a roadway (18) traveled by a host-vehicle (12). The radar-sensor (24) detects targets (26) in a field-of-view (28) of the radar-sensor (24). The field-of-view (28) includes the roadway (18), wherein the roadway (18) defines a boundary (30) of the roadway (18) detected by the radar-sensor (24). The controller (38) is in communication with the camera (14) and the radar-sensor (24). The controller (38) determines that a collection (44) of targets (26) is a stationary-object (40) that defines a line (46). The controller (38) classifies the stationary-object (40) as an overpass (48) when the line (46) extends beyond the boundary (30) of the roadway (18). The controller (38) classifies the stationary-object (40) as an impediment (54) when the line (46) overlays a portion (56) of the travel-lane (16) traveled by the host-vehicle (12) and does not extend beyond the boundary (30) of the roadway (18).