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Nose-view monitoring apparatus

  • US 20050225636A1
  • Filed: 03/24/2005
  • Published: 10/13/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A nose-view monitoring apparatus characterised by comprising:

  • image pickup means provided on a nose of a vehicle for picking up a side-view image with respect to said vehicle;

    optical flow vector calculating means for calculating an optical flow vector on the basis of said image;

    approaching object detecting means for detecting an approaching object on the basis of an optical flow vector having a vector component along a traveling direction of said vehicle in said image which vector is included in the optical flow vectors calculated by said optical flow vector calculating means and;

    notification means for displaying said image and further for notifying the fact of the detection of said approaching object.

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