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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Fujitsu Ten Limited, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasushi Tani, Kobe, JP;
Jyunji Hashimoto, Kobe, JP;
Tomohide Kasame, Kobe, JP;
Naoshi Kakita, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); G06K 9/4647 (2013.01);
Abstract
An obstacle detection apparatus according to an embodiment includes an on-vehicle camera (image capturing unit), an estimation unit, and a determination unit. The on-vehicle camera is provided on a vehicle and captures an image of surroundings of the vehicle. The estimation unit estimates an existence region with an obstacle existing therein in an image captured by the image capturing unit. The determination unit determines presence or absence of the obstacle based on brightness of the existence region.