In-vehicle apparatus for recognizing running environment of vehicle

The present invention relates to an in-vehicle running-environment recognition apparatus (2) including an input unit (3) for inputting an image signal from in-vehicle imaging devices (3a, 3b) for photographing external environment of a vehicle, an image processing unit (16) for detecting a first ima...

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Main Authors MURAMATSU, SHOJI, IRIE, KOTA, HIGUCHI, MIRAI, SHIMA, TAKESHI, OTSUKA, YUJI, MONJI, TATSUHIKO, MACHII, KIMIYOSHI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 27.08.2008
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
SIGNALLING
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
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Summary:The present invention relates to an in-vehicle running-environment recognition apparatus (2) including an input unit (3) for inputting an image signal from in-vehicle imaging devices (3a, 3b) for photographing external environment of a vehicle, an image processing unit (16) for detecting a first image area by processing the image signal, the first image area having a factor which prevents recognition of the external environment, an image determination unit (17) for determining a second image area based on at least any one of size of the first image area, position thereof, and set-up positions of the in-vehicle imaging devices (3a, 3b) having the first image area, an environment recognition processing being performed in the second image area, the first image area being detected by the image processing unit (16), and an environment recognition unit (20) for recognizing the external environment of the vehicle based on the second image area.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20080001191