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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Toshikazu Murao, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
An on-board camera apparatus includes a camera module, a control circuit board, a housing, a bracket, and a hood. The housing houses the camera module and the control circuit board. The bracket fixes the housing to a front windshield of the own vehicle. The hood is arranged so as to cover the camera module. The camera module captures an image of an area ahead of an own vehicle. As captured images, the camera module generates a plurality of linear images in which a relationship between luminance and an output pixel value is fixed. Based on the linear images, the camera module further generates high dynamic range images in which a relationship between luminance and an output pixel value differs depending on a luminance region, under a predetermined imaging mode. The control circuit board enables a plurality of types of driving-related processes based on the captured images to be performed.