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DETECTION APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, VEHICLE, AND DETECTION METHOD

  • US 20180208114A1
  • Filed: 07/29/2016
  • Published: 07/26/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A detection apparatus comprising:

  • an image acquisition interface configured to acquire captured images from an imaging apparatus that is installed in a vehicle and captures images of an area surrounding the vehicle; and

    a controller configured to calculate, on the basis of the captured images, a distance from the imaging apparatus to a road edge in a width direction of a road on which the vehicle is traveling or to an obstacle on the road and to determine, on the basis of the calculated distance and information on an outer dimension of the vehicle, whether travel on the road by other vehicles will be possible after the vehicle has parked on the road.

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