Driving assistance device and driving assistance method
US9852632B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 10, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N7/183
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Herein provided are an object detection section 2 that detects an object existing in a periphery of an own vehicle from a periphery image acquired by a video sensor 1; a risk degree calculation section 4 that calculates a degree of risk that the own vehicle collides with the object detected by the object detection section 2; and a collision-risk target setting section 5 that sets the object detected by the object detection section 2 as a collision-risk target on the basis of the degree of risk calculated by the risk degree calculation section 4, and a warning image determination section 6 determines a size of a rectangle that encompasses the collision-risk target set by the collision-risk target setting section 5, according to the degree of risk calculated by the risk degree calculation section 4.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.