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Object recognizing apparatus for vehicle and the method thereof

  • US 6,661,449 B1
  • Filed: 08/28/2000
  • Issued: 12/09/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A driving assist system for a vehicle having a pair of cameras mounted on said vehicle for taking a stereoscopic picture of an object in front of said vehicle, comprising:

  • stereoscopic image processing means for deriving a distance information from said stereoscopic picture about said object being in a visual field of said pair of cameras;

    object recognizing means for recognizing said object and for calculating relative position of said object with respect to said vehicle;

    object position memory means for memorizing said relative position of said object when said object is in a predetermined area outside of said vehicle including out of said visual field of said pair of cameras;

    traveling amount calculating means for calculating said vehicle traveling amount; and

    object positional information calculating means for updating said relative position of said object based on said vehicle traveling amount so as to recognize a current relative position of said object being out of said visual field of said pair of cameras.

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