Vehicle-mounted alarm generating apparatus
First Claim
1. A vehicle-mounted alarm generating apparatus comprising:
- an extracting section configured to extract a road boundary marking representing a boundary of a lane from an image of a picture of a road surface ahead of a vehicle;
a position setting section configured to set a first position of said road boundary marking and a second position of said road boundary marking more distant from said vehicle than said first position in accordance with extraction results by said extracting section;
a first alarm generating section configured to generate a first alarm when a distance between said vehicle and said first position becomes shorter than a predetermined first distance;
a second alarm generating section configured to generate a second alarm, when a distance between said vehicle and said second position becomes shorter than a predetermined second distance, configuration of said second alarm being different from a configuration of said first alarm; and
a behavior information acquiring section configured to acquire information representing behavior of said vehicle,said first alarm generating section being configured to calculate a first reaching time needed for said vehicle to reach said first position on the basis of extraction results by said extracting section and said behavior information, and determine that a distance between said vehicle and said first position becomes shorter than said first distance when said calculated first reaching time becomes shorter than a first predetermined threshold,said second alarm generating section being configured to calculate a second reaching time needed for said vehicle to reach said second position on the basis of extraction results by said extracting section and said behavior information, and determine that a distance between said vehicle and said second position becomes shorter than said second distance when said calculated second reaching time becomes shorter than a second predetermined threshold.
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Abstract
The vehicle-mounted alarm generating apparatus includes an extracting section configured to extract a road boundary marking representing a boundary of a lane from an image of a picture of a road surface ahead of a vehicle, a position setting section configured to set a first position and a second position more distant from the vehicle than the first position in accordance with extraction results by the extracting section, a first alarm generating section configured to generate a first alarm when a distance between the vehicle and the first position becomes shorter than a predetermined first distance, and a second alarm generating section configured to generate a second alarm, when a distance between the vehicle and the first position becomes shorter than a predetermined second distance. The configuration of the second alarm is different from that of the first alarm.
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14 Claims
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1. A vehicle-mounted alarm generating apparatus comprising:
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an extracting section configured to extract a road boundary marking representing a boundary of a lane from an image of a picture of a road surface ahead of a vehicle; a position setting section configured to set a first position of said road boundary marking and a second position of said road boundary marking more distant from said vehicle than said first position in accordance with extraction results by said extracting section; a first alarm generating section configured to generate a first alarm when a distance between said vehicle and said first position becomes shorter than a predetermined first distance; a second alarm generating section configured to generate a second alarm, when a distance between said vehicle and said second position becomes shorter than a predetermined second distance, configuration of said second alarm being different from a configuration of said first alarm; and a behavior information acquiring section configured to acquire information representing behavior of said vehicle, said first alarm generating section being configured to calculate a first reaching time needed for said vehicle to reach said first position on the basis of extraction results by said extracting section and said behavior information, and determine that a distance between said vehicle and said first position becomes shorter than said first distance when said calculated first reaching time becomes shorter than a first predetermined threshold, said second alarm generating section being configured to calculate a second reaching time needed for said vehicle to reach said second position on the basis of extraction results by said extracting section and said behavior information, and determine that a distance between said vehicle and said second position becomes shorter than said second distance when said calculated second reaching time becomes shorter than a second predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A vehicle-mounted alarm generating apparatus comprising:
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an extracting section configured to extract a road boundary marking representing a boundary of a lane from an image of a picture of a road surface ahead of a vehicle; a position setting section configured to set a first position of said road boundary marking and a second position of said road boundary marking more distant from said vehicle than said first position in accordance with extraction results by said extracting section; a first alarm generating section configured to generate a first alarm when a distance between said vehicle and said first position becomes shorter than a predetermined first distance; a second alarm generating section configured to generate a second alarm, when a distance between said vehicle and said second position becomes shorter than a predetermined second distance, configuration of said second alarm being different from a configuration of said first alarm; and a control section configured to cause said first alarm generating section to operate when said vehicle is before said first position, and cause said second alarm generating section to operate when said vehicle is between said first position and said second position in a case where a distance between said first and second positions is wider than a predetermined threshold width. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A vehicle-mounted alarm generating apparatus comprising:
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an extracting section configured to extract a road boundary marking representing a boundary of a lane from an image of a picture of a road surface ahead of a vehicle; a position setting section configured to set a first position of said road boundary marking and a second position of said road boundary marking more distant from said vehicle than said first position in accordance with extraction results by said extracting section; a first alarm generating section configured to generate a first alarm when a distance between said vehicle and said first position becomes shorter than a predetermined first distance; and a second alarm generating section configured to generate a second alarm, when a distance between said vehicle and said second position becomes shorter than a predetermined second distance, configuration of said second alarm being different from a configuration of said first alarm; wherein said first position is set at one edge of said extracted road boundary marking on a side of said vehicle, and said second position is set at an other edge of said extracted road boundary marking on an opposite side of said extracted road boundary marking. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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