Vehicle-mounted alarm generating apparatus
First Claim
1. A vehicle-mounted alarm generating apparatus comprising:
- an extracting section configured to extract a road boundary marking representing a boundary of a lane from an image of a picture of a road surface ahead of a vehicle;
a position setting section configured to set a first position and a second position more distant from said vehicle than said first position in accordance with extraction results by said extracting section;
a first alarm generating section configured to generate a first alarm when a distance between said vehicle and said first position becomes shorter than a predetermined first distance; and
a second alarm generating section configured to generate a second alarm, when a distance between said vehicle and said first position becomes shorter than a predetermined second distance, configuration of said second alarm being different from a configuration of said first alarm.
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Abstract
The vehicle-mounted alarm generating apparatus includes an extracting section configured to extract a road boundary marking representing a boundary of a lane from an image of a picture of a road surface ahead of a vehicle, a position setting section configured to set a first position and a second position more distant from the vehicle than the first position in accordance with extraction results by the extracting section, a first alarm generating section configured to generate a first alarm when a distance between the vehicle and the first position becomes shorter than a predetermined first distance, and a second alarm generating section configured to generate a second alarm, when a distance between the vehicle and the first position becomes shorter than a predetermined second distance. The configuration of the second alarm is different from that of the first alarm.
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8 Claims
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1. A vehicle-mounted alarm generating apparatus comprising:
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an extracting section configured to extract a road boundary marking representing a boundary of a lane from an image of a picture of a road surface ahead of a vehicle; a position setting section configured to set a first position and a second position more distant from said vehicle than said first position in accordance with extraction results by said extracting section; a first alarm generating section configured to generate a first alarm when a distance between said vehicle and said first position becomes shorter than a predetermined first distance; and a second alarm generating section configured to generate a second alarm, when a distance between said vehicle and said first position becomes shorter than a predetermined second distance, configuration of said second alarm being different from a configuration of said first alarm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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