Liquid droplet recognition apparatus, raindrop recognition apparatus, and on-vehicle monitoring apparatus

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PATENT NO 8466960
APP PUB NO 20100208060A1
SERIAL NO

12693864

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Disclosed is a liquid droplet recognition apparatus for detecting liquid droplets attached to a front surface of a transparent member. The apparatus includes an image pickup apparatus that picks up a vertically polarized light image and a horizontally polarized light image at the front surface of the transparent member from a side of a rear surface of the transparent member; and a signal processing unit that determines whether the liquid droplets are attached to the front surface of the transparent member based on a polarized-light image ratio composed of the vertically polarized light image and the horizontally polarized light image picked up by the image pickup apparatus.

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RICOH COMPANY LTD3-6 NAKAMAGOME 1 CHOME OHTA-KU TOKYO 143-8555

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aoki, Shin Kanagawa, JP 82 1932
Hirai, Hideaki Kanagawa, JP 64 827
Kobayashi, Masanori Kanagawa, JP 228 2284
Oouchida, Shigeru Tokyo, JP 11 236

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