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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2015
Applicant:

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshiyuki Sasada, Hitachinaka, JP;

Ken Ohsumi, Hitachinaka, JP;

Kazuo Matsuura, Hitachinaka, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/00 (2018.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); G03B 35/08 (2006.01); G03B 7/00 (2014.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 17/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/239 (2018.05); G01C 3/085 (2013.01); G03B 7/00 (2013.01); G03B 35/08 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 17/002 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

In order to obtain a low-cost stereo camera which can decrease the load of software-based calibration, a stereo camera is provided with a first vehicle-mounted camera which comprises a first lens unit and a first imaging element, and a second vehicle-mounted camera which comprises a second lens unit and a second imaging element. This stereo camera is characterized in that the first imaging element has a first sensitivity value recording unit in which sensitivity values of the first imaging element are recorded, and the second imaging element has a second sensitivity value recording unit in which sensitivity values of the second imaging element are recorded, wherein the sensitivity variation width between the sensitivity values of the first imaging element recorded in the first sensitivity value recording unit and the sensitivity values of the second imaging element recorded in the second sensitivity value recording unit is within a preset reference width.


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