IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance vehicle detecting performance at night using a camera by enabling specification of a light spot position from an adjacent headlight to a distant tail lamp with high accuracy, and discriminating the headlight and the taillight from signal light, street light, and nois...

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Main Authors TAKENAGA HIROSHI, MURAMATSU SHOJI, FURUSAWA ISAO, MOJI TATSUHIKO, OTSUKA YASUSHI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 07.04.2005
Edition7
Subjects
ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING ORSUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES INGENERAL
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
SIGNALLING
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance vehicle detecting performance at night using a camera by enabling specification of a light spot position from an adjacent headlight to a distant tail lamp with high accuracy, and discriminating the headlight and the taillight from signal light, street light, and noise light from an automatic vending machine, etc. SOLUTION: The system includes an image input means for inputting forward images of a vehicle, and an image analysis means for analyzing the input images input in the above image input process. The image input means includes a means capable of photographing two or more images having different exposure amount. The image analysis means analyzes two or more images having different exposure amount, so as to convert into location information of a preceding vehicle. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20040144788