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Driving assistance device and driving assistance method

US9852632B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 10, 2012
Grant dateDec 26, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2034

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  • 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.

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