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Title:
ROAD STATE COMPREHENSION APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014182433
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a road state comprehension apparatus capable of precisely detecting abnormality of images from imaging means.SOLUTION: A road state comprehension apparatus takes images of a vehicle-running road with imaging means and determines the road state based on the taken images. The road state comprehension apparatus includes: calculation means that calculates a unit-time mean brightness of plural images obtained from the imaging means each of which is taken at a different time; comparison means that compares the unit-time mean brightness calculated by the calculation means and a pre-registered unit-time mean brightness to obtain the coincidence therebetween; abnormality detection means that detects the abnormality of the images from the imaging means by comparing the coincidence obtained by the comparison means and a threshold value which is preset while considering meteorological conditions at the installation location of the imaging means.

Inventors:
KAMOGASHIRA DAISUKE
Application Number:
JP2013054795A
Publication Date:
September 29, 2014
Filing Date:
March 18, 2013
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Assignee:
TOSHIBA CORP
International Classes:
G08G1/00; G06T1/00; H04N7/18
Domestic Patent References:
JP2011259034A2011-12-22
JPH11177964A1999-07-02
JP2006330942A2006-12-07
JP2003248895A2003-09-05
JP2014056441A2014-03-27
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masatoshi Kurata
Toshihiro Fukuhara
Makoto Nakamura
Nobuhisa Nogawa
Peak Takashi
Naoki Kono
Sunagawa 克
Iseki Mamoru 3
Takao Akaho
Tadashi Inoue
Tatsushi Sato
Okada Kishi
Mihoko Horiuchi