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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
May. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/165 (2020.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/165 (2013.01); G06K 9/3258 (2013.01); G06K 2209/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
An adaptive cruise control device () follows a designated preceding vehicle according to information gained by an image capturing unit () and an object measurement unit (), and further includes a license plate recognition unit () which selects an image processing area (A) from each object detected by the object measurement unit, and, if the detected object is a vehicle, recognizes a plate number from image processing area. If the plate number matches a stored plate number of the designated vehicle to be followed, the detected object is authenticated as the designated vehicle to be followed.