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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
Hitachi, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Kume, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kiyohara, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an outside recognition device for a vehicle with which it is possible to correctly estimate the orientation of an obstruction. An outside recognition device according to the present invention is provided with an obstruction detection unit for detecting an obstruction in an image, an orientation estimation unit for estimating the orientation of the obstruction detected by the obstruction detection unit, and an orientation correction unit for correcting the orientation estimated by the orientation estimation unit in accordance with the positional relationship of the obstruction and the camera. With this outside recognition device for a vehicle, it is possible to correctly estimate the orientation of the obstruction.