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DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS

  • US 20130259309A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Published: 10/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A driving support apparatus that recognizes a driving environment by processing an image captured by a stereo camera mounted to a vehicle for providing a driving support to a driver, the driving support apparatus comprising:

  • an object detection unit for detecting an object by grouping range information adjacent to each other in the captured image;

    a smoke-like object determination unit for determining whether the detected object is a smoke-like object or not, and adding attribute information based on a distribution of the range information in a region of the smoke-like object when determining that the detected object is the smoke-like object; and

    a support operation level decision unit for deciding an operation level of the driving support to the smoke-like object based on the attribute information of the smoke-like object.

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