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VEHICLE TRAVELING ENVIRONMENT DETECTION DEVICE

  • US 20110109745A1
  • Filed: 06/18/2009
  • Published: 05/12/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A vehicle traveling environment detection device comprising:

  • an image information acquiring unit for continuously acquiring an image of an object on a lateral side of a vehicle at predetermined sampling time intervals, the image being captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle;

    a variation calculating unit for extracting, as features, a variation in brightness of said image from at least two images acquired by said image information acquiring unit so as to calculate a variation in said brightness between images continuously acquired on a basis of said extracted features; and

    an environment detecting unit for detecting a traveling environment in an area surrounding said vehicle from said image variation calculated by said variation calculating unit.

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