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VEHICLE VICINITY MONITORING DEVICE

  • US 20140270378A1
  • Filed: 10/05/2012
  • Published: 09/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus for monitoring the periphery of a vehicle using an image captured by an image capturing device mounted on the vehicle, comprising:

  • a pedestrian detection processor for detecting a pedestrian as an object to be monitored from the image;

    an animal detection processor for detecting an animal as an object to be monitored from the image;

    a pair object judgment processor for judging that the pedestrian and the animal, which are detected from the image, are a pair object, if the pedestrian and the animal are in a predetermined relationship to each other; and

    an attention calling output generation judgment section for judging whether or not an attention calling output signal for calling attention of the driver of the vehicle should be generated,wherein, if the pair object judgment processor judges that the pedestrian and the animal are the pair object, the attention calling output generation judgment section does not generate the attention calling output signal for the animal of the pair object.

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