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Vehicle detection apparatus

  • US 9,042,600 B2
  • Filed: 07/22/2011
  • Issued: 05/26/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle detection apparatus comprising:

  • a vehicle lane-line detection module configured to detect a vehicle lane-line marking in an image captured by a vehicle to which the detection module is mounted;

    a region sectioning module configured to section the captured image based on the detected vehicle lane-line marking into an own vehicle lane region, an oncoming vehicle lane region, and a vehicle lane exterior region; and

    an other-vehicle detection module configured to detect points of light and to detect other vehicles based on the points of light and the sectioned image;

    wherein each region of the sectioned image is associated with a different respective detection condition; and

    wherein other vehicles are detected by the other-vehicle detection module by;

    detecting points of light;

    determining, for each detected point of light, a particular region of the sectioned image corresponding to that detected point of light; and

    identifying, for each detected point of light, an other vehicle based on the respective detection condition associated with the particular region.

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