Danger deciding apparatus for motor vehicle and environment monitoring apparatus therefor
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1. A danger deciding apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- information collecting means for acquring information which changes according to a road structure around a vehicle concerned;
selecting means for selecting an image of the region which must be monitored from a plurality of images on the basis of the collected information when they are received, the plurality of images being obtained by picking up different monitoring regions;
detecting means for processing the selected image to detect the approaching degree of an approaching object; and
deciding means for deciding danger of contact with the approaching object on basis of the approaching degree.
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In a danger deciding means for a vehicle, information which changes according to the road structure around a vehicle concerned is acquired. When a plurality of images obtained by picking up different monitoring regions are received, on the basis of the acquired information, the image of the region which must be monitored is selected from the plurality of images. The selected image is processed to detect the approaching degree of an approaching object. On basis of the approaching degree, danger of contact or collision with the approaching object is decided.
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1. A danger deciding apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
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information collecting means for acquring information which changes according to a road structure around a vehicle concerned;
selecting means for selecting an image of the region which must be monitored from a plurality of images on the basis of the collected information when they are received, the plurality of images being obtained by picking up different monitoring regions;
detecting means for processing the selected image to detect the approaching degree of an approaching object; and
deciding means for deciding danger of contact with the approaching object on basis of the approaching degree. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An environment monitoring apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
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information collecting means for acquring information which changes according to a road structure around a vehicle concerned;
pick-up means for picking up different monitoring regions to acquire a plurality of images;
selecting means for selecting an image of the region which must be monitored from a plurality of images on the basis of the collected information when they are received, detecting means for processing the selected image to detect the approaching degree of an approaching object; and
deciding means for deciding danger of contact with the approaching object on basis of the approaching degree.
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