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Vehicle detection apparatus and light distribution control apparatus

US10836303B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 27, 2016
Grant dateNov 17, 2020
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Expiry dateJul 1, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V2201/08
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle detection apparatus includes: a specific color region detection unit that detects a specific color region from an image photographed by a camera provided in a vehicle; a processing target range calculation unit that calculates a processing target range in which the other vehicle is detected in the image on the basis of the specific color region detected by the specific color region detection unit; and a vehicle region detection unit that detects a region of the other vehicle from the image within the processing target range calculated by the processing target range calculation unit.

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