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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2018
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshihiko Terada, Kariya, JP;
Naohide Uchida, Numazu, JP;
Hirotake Ishigami, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroaki Ito, Toyota, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-Pref., JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for supervising a vicinity of a vehicle includes: an image capturing unit that captures a plurality of images in which an object is simultaneously captured from different locations; a parallax calculation unit that performs a sub pixel estimation based on the plurality of images to calculate a parallax value; a parallax offset calculation unit that calculates a parallax offset value based on the parallax value under a condition where a decimal part S of the parallax value is within a predetermined range; and a parallax correction unit that corrects the parallax value using the parallax offset value.