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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2015
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;
Takeshi Shima, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Haruki Matono, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuhiko Monji, Hitachinaka, JP;
Rikiya Kashimura, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yasuto Arakaki, Hitachinaka, JP;
HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
The objective of the present invention is to obtain an external environment-recognizing apparatus with which it is possible to obtain detection results having a necessary accuracy when a plurality of target objects from a captured image are detected. This external-environment-recognizing apparatus has: a plurality of processing units for processing an image; a recognition application-storing unit for storing, by object type, a plurality of recognition applications for recognizing an object by processing using at least one processing unit among the plurality of processing units; an external-information-acquiring unit for acquiring external information that includes at least external environmental information or vehicle behavior information; and a selecting unit for selecting at least one recognition application from the recognition-application-storing unit, and for selecting, on the basis of the external information, a processing unit among the plurality of processing units for processing the selected recognition application.