VEHICLE OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A TARGET OBJECT IN A DETECTION AREA LOCATED BEHIND AND LATERAL OF A SUBJECT VEHICLE

The invention relates to a vehicle object detection system for detecting a target object in a detection area located behind and/or lateral of a subject vehicle, the vehicle object detection system comprising: judging means configured to judge whether a target object which has been detected in the detection area is an alert object, and to output a result of judgement to warning means which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle that a target object is present in the detection area based on the judging means judging the target object to be an alert object, wherein the judging means is configured to judge, in response to the subject vehicle being detected to make or have made a turn, whether the target object detected in the detection area is an alert object based on a trailing trajectory of the subject vehicle being a calculated trajectory the subject vehicle has passed during turning and/or after turning, and further based on a current relative position of the target object with respect to the subject vehicle.Moreover, the invention relates to a corresponding method for detecting a target object in a detection area located behind and/or lateral of a subject vehicle, particularly for controlling a vehicle object detection system according to the invention.