Vehicle surroundings recognition apparatus

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PATENT NO 11282235
APP PUB NO 20200151912A1
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16739472

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In a vehicle surroundings recognition apparatus that recognizes a specific target around a vehicle from an image captured by an imaging unit, a shadow detection unit is configured to detect a shadow region based on a difference, between a plurality of elements constituting the image, in intensity of a specific color component included in colors represented by the plurality of elements and a difference in luminance between the plurality of elements, the shadow region being a region in the image in which a shadow is cast on a surface of the road. A feature point detection unit is configured to detect feature points in the image. A recognition unit is configured to recognize the target based on the shadow region detected by the shadow detection unit and a group of feature points detected by the feature point detection unit.

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  • DENSO CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Focken, Matias Kariya, JP 1 2
Okano, Kenji Kariya, JP 41 507
Torikura, Takamichi Kariya, JP 4 11

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