Image processing apparatus, image processing method, navigation apparatus, program storage device and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave
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Jun 19, 2001
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Jul 25, 2000
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Jul 26, 1999
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An image processing apparatus is provided with: an image taking device (19a, 19b) for taking an image on a side of a movable body and outputting an image signal corresponding to the taken image; a movement vector detecting device (18, 24) for detecting a movement vector for each area of the image taken by the image taking device, on the basis of the image signal while the movable body is moving; and a distance calculating device (18, 25) for judging a spatial changing rate of a magnitude of the detected movement vector and calculating the distance to a road edge on the basis of the spatial changing rate.
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