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Obstacle recognition device

US11417115B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 2020
Grant dateAug 16, 2022
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Expiry dateNov 13, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30261
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An obstacle recognition device of a vehicle provided with a camera capturing an image around the vehicle, includes an acquiring unit sequentially acquiring the image captured by the camera; a feature point extracting unit extracting a plurality of feature points of an object included in the image; a calculation unit calculating each motion distance of the plurality of feature points between the image previously acquired and the image currently acquired by the acquiring unit; a first determination unit determining whether each motion distance of the feature points is larger than or equal to a first threshold; a second determination unit determining whether each motion distance of the feature points is larger than or equal to a second threshold; and an obstacle recognition unit recognizing an obstacle.

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