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OBSTACLE DETECTION APPARATUS, OBSTACLE DETECTION SYSTEM HAVING SAME, AND OBSTACLE DETECTION METHOD

  • US 20120002052A1
  • Filed: 07/29/2011
  • Published: 01/05/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An obstacle detection apparatus that detects, upon backing up of a vehicle, an obstacle from an image of a rear area of the vehicle, the obstacle detection apparatus comprising:

  • a difference image creating unit that creates a difference image between an image captured when brake lights of the vehicle are on and an image captured when the brake lights of the vehicle are off; and

    an obstacle determining unit that determines whether there is an obstacle, based on a location in an image where a difference occurs in the difference image.

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