Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus, method, and program
First Claim
1. A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus which detects objects existing around a vehicle from images obtained by a plurality of image sensors mounted on the vehicle, comprising:
- an object extraction process unit which extracts the objects from a predetermined standard image of the images obtained by a plurality of the image sensors;
a driving environment detection process unit which detects a driving environment of the vehicle; and
a standard image selection process unit which selects anew a standard image for use in the process of the object extraction process unit out of the images obtained by a plurality of the image sensors according to the driving environment detected by the driving environment detection process unit.
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Abstract
A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus, method, and program capable of reducing a possibility of overlap between a detection object and a background object in a standard image when detecting objects around the vehicle from images obtained by a plurality of image sensors so as to detect the objects accurately. The vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus detects the objects existing around the vehicle (10) from the images obtained by the image sensors (2R, 2L) mounted on the vehicle (10). The vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus includes an object extraction process unit (1) which performs a process of extracting the objects for a predetermined standard image of the images obtained by the image sensors (2R, 2L), a driving environment detection process unit (1) which detects a driving environment of the vehicle (10), and a standard image selection process unit (1) which selects the standard image for use in the process of the object extraction process unit (1) anew according to the detected driving environment.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus which detects objects existing around a vehicle from images obtained by a plurality of image sensors mounted on the vehicle, comprising:
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an object extraction process unit which extracts the objects from a predetermined standard image of the images obtained by a plurality of the image sensors; a driving environment detection process unit which detects a driving environment of the vehicle; and a standard image selection process unit which selects anew a standard image for use in the process of the object extraction process unit out of the images obtained by a plurality of the image sensors according to the driving environment detected by the driving environment detection process unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus which detects objects existing around a vehicle from images obtained by a plurality of image sensors mounted on the vehicle, comprising:
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an object extraction process unit which extracts the objects from a predetermined standard image of the images obtained by a plurality of the image sensors; and a standard image selection process unit which selects anew an image obtained by a predetermined image sensor, which is closest to a roadside of a road where the vehicle exists and having a plurality of lanes, of a plurality of the image sensors as a standard image for use in the process of the object extraction process unit.
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18. A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus, which is provided with a computer having an interface circuit for accessing data of images obtained by a plurality of image sensors mounted on a vehicle and detects objects existing around the vehicle by arithmetic processing performed by the computer, wherein the computer performs:
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an object extraction process of extracting the objects from a predetermined standard image of the images obtained by a plurality of the image sensors; a driving environment detection process of detecting a driving environment of the vehicle; and a standard image selection process of selecting anew a standard image for use in the process of the object extraction process out of the images obtained by a plurality of the image sensors according to the driving environment detected in the driving environment detection process.
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19. A vehicle surroundings monitoring method which detects objects existing around a vehicle from images obtained by a plurality of image sensors mounted on the vehicle, comprising:
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an object extraction step of extracting the objects from a predetermined standard image of the images obtained by a plurality of the image sensors; a driving environment detection step of detecting a driving environment of the vehicle; and a standard image selection step of selecting anew a standard image for use in the process of the object extraction step out of the images obtained by a plurality of the image sensors according to the driving environment detected in the driving environment detection step.
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20. A vehicle surroundings monitoring program, which causes a computer to perform a process of detecting objects existing around a vehicle from images obtained by a plurality of image sensors mounted on the vehicle, having functions of causing the computer to perform:
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an object extraction process of extracting the objects from a predetermined standard image of the images obtained by a plurality of the image sensors; a driving environment detection process of detecting a driving environment of the vehicle; and a standard image selection process of selecting anew a standard image for use in the object extraction process out of the images obtained by a plurality of the image sensors according to the driving environment detected in the driving environment detection process.
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