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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2017
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;
Shinichi Nonaka, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tatsuhiko Monji, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image-capturing device capable of fulfilling a complementary role to a vehicle behavior sensor when a failure occurs in the vehicle behavior sensor. The invention is characterized by being provided with: an image acquisition unit for acquiring images of the surroundings of a vehicle; a vehicle behavior inference unit for inferring vehicle behavior information on the basis of the images acquired by the image acquisition unit; a vehicle behavior acquisition unit for acquiring vehicle behavior information which has been detected by a vehicle behavior sensor; and an abnormality detection unit for detecting an abnormality in the vehicle behavior sensor by comparing the behavior information acquired by the vehicle behavior acquisition unit and the behavior information inferred by the vehicle behavior inference unit.