Danger deciding apparatus for motor vehicle and environment monitoring apparatus therefor
US6330511A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 20, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T7/246
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a danger deciding means for a vehicle, information which changes according to the road structure around a vehicle concerned is acquired. When a plurality of images obtained by picking up different monitoring regions are received, on the basis of the acquired information, the image of the region which must be monitored is selected from the plurality of images. The selected image is processed to detect the approaching degree of an approaching object. On basis of the approaching degree, danger of contact or collision with the approaching object is decided.
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