Object recognition apparatus
First Claim
1. An object recognition apparatus mountable to a vehicle, the object recognition apparatus comprising:
- a light-emitting unit for emitting laser light;
a light-receiving unit for receiving reflected waves, the reflected waves being based on reflection of the laser light from corresponding distance measurement points of an object to be recognized;
a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance to each of the distance measurement points, based on a corresponding one of the reflected waves;
a direction estimating unit that estimates a direction of each of the distance measurement point with respect to the vehicle, based on the reflected waves;
an object recognition unit that recognizes a predetermined recognition region of the object to be recognized, based on the distance measurement points;
a high-illuminance direction acquisition unit that acquires, as a high-illuminance direction range, a range of at least one high-illuminance direction, the at least one high-illuminance direction being a direction in which an intensity of light received by the light-receiving unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value without the reflected waves being received by the light-receiving unit; and
a correction unit that performs a correction task to correct the recognition region of the object such that, as viewed from the vehicle, a corrected recognition region of the object includes at least part of the high-illuminance direction range on condition that;
the recognition region of the object and the high-illuminance direction range have a predetermined positional relationship therebetween.
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Abstract
In an object recognition unit, a high-illuminance direction acquisition unit acquires, as a high-illuminance direction range, a range of at least one high-illuminance direction. The at least one high-illuminance direction is a direction in which an intensity of light received by a light-receiving unit when reflected waves are not being received by the light-receiving unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value. A correction unit corrects a recognition region of an object such that, as viewed from a vehicle, a corrected recognition region of the object includes at least part of the high-illuminance direction range on condition that the recognition region of the object and the high-illuminance direction range have a predetermined positional relationship therebetween.
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9 Claims
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1. An object recognition apparatus mountable to a vehicle, the object recognition apparatus comprising:
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a light-emitting unit for emitting laser light; a light-receiving unit for receiving reflected waves, the reflected waves being based on reflection of the laser light from corresponding distance measurement points of an object to be recognized; a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance to each of the distance measurement points, based on a corresponding one of the reflected waves; a direction estimating unit that estimates a direction of each of the distance measurement point with respect to the vehicle, based on the reflected waves; an object recognition unit that recognizes a predetermined recognition region of the object to be recognized, based on the distance measurement points; a high-illuminance direction acquisition unit that acquires, as a high-illuminance direction range, a range of at least one high-illuminance direction, the at least one high-illuminance direction being a direction in which an intensity of light received by the light-receiving unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value without the reflected waves being received by the light-receiving unit; and a correction unit that performs a correction task to correct the recognition region of the object such that, as viewed from the vehicle, a corrected recognition region of the object includes at least part of the high-illuminance direction range on condition that; the recognition region of the object and the high-illuminance direction range have a predetermined positional relationship therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An object recognition method comprising:
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emitting laser light using a light-emitting unit; receiving reflected waves, the reflected waves being based on reflection of the laser light from corresponding distance measurement points of an object to be recognized; calculating a distance to each of the distance measurement points, based on a corresponding one of the reflected waves; estimating a direction of each of the distance measurement point with respect to the vehicle, based on the reflected waves; recognizing a predetermined recognition region of the object to be recognized, based on the distance measurement points; acquiring, as a high-illuminance direction range, a range of at least one high-illuminance direction, the at least one high-illuminance direction being a direction in which an intensity of light received by the light-receiving unit without the reflected waves being received by the light-receiving unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value; and correcting the recognition region of the object such that, as viewed from the vehicle, a corrected recognition region of the object includes at least part of the high-illuminance direction range on condition that; the recognition region of the object and the high-illuminance direction range have a predetermined positional relationship therebetween.
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