Obstacle detection apparatus and method for automotive vehicle
First Claim
1. An obstacle detection apparatus for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- an image fetching section that fetches a situation of a forward detection zone in a form of an image;
a noticeable object outputting section that outputs a positional information of an object to be noticeable for the vehicle; and
an image processing section that performs an image processing for a region of the image fetching section on the basis of an output of the noticeable object outputting section to detect the object, the image processing section including a first technique mainly to detect the position of the object and a second technique mainly to track the object, the second technique detecting the object when the object detection by means of the first technique becomes not enabled to be carried out.
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Abstract
In obstacle detection apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, an image fetching section fetches a situation of a forward detection zone in a form of an image, a noticeable object outputting section outputs a positional information of an object to be noticeable for the vehicle, and an image processing section performs an image processing for a region of the image fetching section on the basis of an output of the noticeable object outputting section to detect the object, the image processing section including a first technique mainly to detect the position of the object and a second technique mainly to track the object, the second technique detecting the object when the object detection by means of the first technique becomes not enabled to be carried out.
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13 Claims
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1. An obstacle detection apparatus for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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an image fetching section that fetches a situation of a forward detection zone in a form of an image;
a noticeable object outputting section that outputs a positional information of an object to be noticeable for the vehicle; and
an image processing section that performs an image processing for a region of the image fetching section on the basis of an output of the noticeable object outputting section to detect the object, the image processing section including a first technique mainly to detect the position of the object and a second technique mainly to track the object, the second technique detecting the object when the object detection by means of the first technique becomes not enabled to be carried out. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An obstacle detection apparatus for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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image fetching means for fetching a situation of a forward detection zone in a form of an image;
noticeable object outputting means for outputting a positional information of an object to be noticeable for the vehicle; and
image processing means for performing an image processing for a region of the image fetching means on the basis of an output of the noticeable object outputting means to detect the object, the image processing means including a first technique mainly to detect the position of the object and a second technique mainly to track the object, the second technique detecting the object when the object detection by means of the first technique becomes not enabled to be carried out.
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13. An obstacle detection method for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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fetching a situation of a forward detection zone in a form of an image;
outputting a positional information of an object to be noticeable for the vehicle; and
performing an image processing for a region of the image fetching section on the basis of an output of the noticeable object outputting section to detect the object, at the image processing, a first technique mainly to detect the position of the object and a second technique mainly to track the object are included, the second technique detecting the object when the object detection by means of the first technique becomes not enabled to be carried out.
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