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Vehicle environment recognition system

  • US 6,053,268 A
  • Filed: 01/23/1998
  • Issued: 04/25/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle driving environment recognition system comprising:

  • imaging means for periodically forming an input image of a forward road ahead of a road vehicle;

    lateral position detecting means for detecting a lateral position of the vehicle relative to a road in accordance with the input image;

    image integrating means for transforming the input image into a transformed image in a road plane coordinate system by using the lateral position;

    and for producing an integral image by integrating the transformed image; and

    feature extracting means for extracting a characteristic region from the integral image.

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