VEHICLE MONITORING DEVICE, VEHICLE MONITORING METHOD, AND VEHICLE MONITORING PROGRAM

• Main Author: INBE SATOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 23.09.2016
• Subjects: PHYSICS; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle monitoring device, vehicle monitoring method and vehicle monitoring program capable of giving a driver warning at appropriate timing in accordance with the type of a rear vehicle.SOLUTION: A vehicle monitoring device 12 includes a determination part 121 for determining whether a rear vehicle captured in a photographed image of a camera 11 for photographing an area around its own vehicle, and a control part 122 for giving warning when a vehicular gap between the rear vehicle and the own vehicle is equal to or less that a distance (L1) in the case that the determination part 121 does not determine that the rear vehicle is a two-wheeled vehicle, and giving warning when the vehicular gap between the rear vehicle and the own vehicle is a prescribed distance (L2) longer than L1 in the case that the rear vehicle is determined to be a two-wheeled vehicle.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】後方車両の種類に応じて適切なタイミングで運転者に対して警告を行うことが可能な車両監視装置、車両監視方法及び車両監視プログラムを提供する。【解決手段】車両監視装置１２は、自車両の周辺領域を撮影するカメラ１１の撮影画像に映る後方車両が二輪車であるか否かを判定する判定部１２１と、判定部１２１により後方車両が二輪車でないと判定された場合には、後方車両と自車両との車間距離が距離（Ｌ１）以下となったときに警告を行い、後方車両が二輪車であると判定された場合には、後方車両と自車両との車間距離がＬ１より長い所定の距離（Ｌ２）以下となったときに警告を行う、警告部１２２と、を備える。【選択図】図１