Image processing device for vehicle, image processing method of detecting three-dimensional object, and image processing program
US8102421B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 14, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30261
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image processing device determines, cuts and extracts a processing area from an image data monitored by a camera mounted onto a driver's vehicle based on a distance between a front target object and a driver's vehicle, a horizontal position of the driver's vehicle, and a strength of a radar wave transmitted from a radar device and then reflected by objects in front of the driver's vehicle. The radar device is mounted to the driver's vehicle and transmits the radar wave to the front area of the driver's vehicle. The image processing device extracts vertical edges and horizontal edges from the image data in the processing area, and subtracts the horizontal edge values from the vertical edge values, and finally detects whether or not the front target object is a three-dimensional object based on the calculated result of the subtraction of the edges.
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