VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE

Title:

VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/086807

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A vehicle periphery monitoring device is provided with a symmetrical image portion extraction unit (21) which extracts from an image picked up by a camera, a first image portion (A1) and a second image portion (A2) which are line-symmetric to each other in the horizontal direction; an expanded region setting unit (22) which sets a first expanded region (B1) which includes the first image portion (A1); an expanded search range setting unit (23) which sets an expanded search range (C), which is wider than the size of the first expanded region (B1), including the second image portion (A2); and an object class recognition unit (24) which searches within the expanded search range (C) for a second expanded region (B2) in which a correlation degree to a mirror reflection (B1m) of the first expanded area (B1) is greater than or equal toa predetermined level, and when the second expanded region (B2) is found, recognizes the image containing the first image portion (A1) and the second image portion (A2) as the image of another vehicle.

Inventors:

AIMURA MAKOTO (JP)
NAGAOKA NOBUHARU (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2010/072647

Publication Date:

July 21, 2011

Filing Date:

December 16, 2010

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

HONDA MOTOR CO LTD (JP)
AIMURA MAKOTO (JP)
NAGAOKA NOBUHARU (JP)

International Classes:

G08G1/16; B60R1/00; G06T1/00; H04N7/18

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