Vehicle environment monitoring device, vehicle environment monitoring method, control program and computer-readable recording medium
First Claim
1. A vehicle environment monitoring device, comprising:
- an imaging section for taking image data of an environment of an automobile, the image including at least two types of colors;
a setting section for setting a specific area of the image data obtained by the imaging section, wherein the specific area has a strip shape longer in, and parallel to, a horizontal direction of a frame image and includes at least two types of colors;
an extraction section for taking in image data of the specific area in units of one or a plurality of frame images taken by the imaging section in time series and extracting moving vector information based on the image data of the specific area; and
a detection section for detecting a second vehicle which is present in an environment of a first vehicle having the vehicle environment monitoring device mounted thereon, based on the moving vector information.
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Abstract
A vehicle environment monitoring device comprises an imaging section for taking image data of an environment of an automobile, the image including at least two types of colors; a setting section for setting a specific area of the image data obtained by the imaging section, wherein the specific area has a strip shape longer in, and parallel to, a horizontal direction of a frame image and includes at least two types of colors; an extraction section for taking in image data of the specific area in units of one or a plurality of frame images taken by the imaging section in time series and extracting moving vector information based on the image data of the specific area; and a detection section for detecting a second vehicle which is present in an environment of a first vehicle having the vehicle environment monitoring device mounted thereon, based on the moving vector information.
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24 Claims
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1. A vehicle environment monitoring device, comprising:
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an imaging section for taking image data of an environment of an automobile, the image including at least two types of colors;
a setting section for setting a specific area of the image data obtained by the imaging section, wherein the specific area has a strip shape longer in, and parallel to, a horizontal direction of a frame image and includes at least two types of colors;
an extraction section for taking in image data of the specific area in units of one or a plurality of frame images taken by the imaging section in time series and extracting moving vector information based on the image data of the specific area; and
a detection section for detecting a second vehicle which is present in an environment of a first vehicle having the vehicle environment monitoring device mounted thereon, based on the moving vector information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A vehicle environment monitoring method, comprising:
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an imaging step of taking image data of an environment of an automobile as frame images in time series, the image data including at least two types of colors;
a setting step of setting a specific area of the image data in units of one or a plurality of frame images taken by the imaging section, wherein the specific area has a strip shape longer in, and parallel to, a horizontal direction of the frame images and includes at least two types of colors;
an extraction step of taking in image data of the specific area in units of one or a plurality of frame images taken by the imaging section and extracting moving vector information based on the image data of the specific area; and
a detection step of detecting a second vehicle which is present in an environment of a first vehicle having the vehicle environment monitoring device mounted thereon, based on the moving vector information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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