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Object recognition apparatus

  • US 7,499,638 B2
  • Filed: 11/23/2005
  • Issued: 03/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An object recognition apparatus comprising:

  • an active range finder having a floodlight unit which floodlights a light onto a target object, and determines a distance up to a target object on the basis of a reflected light therefrom;

    a stereo camera to determine a distance up to the target object on the basis of image information from the target object;

    an object recognition unit which recognizes the target object on the basis of an output signal from the active range finder and an output signal from the stereo camera; and

    a fill light control unit which controls the floodlight unit to operate so as to irradiate a light floodlit by the floodlight unit of the active range finder as a fill light of the stereo camera.

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