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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takakiyo Yasukawa, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tatsuhiko Monji, Hitachinaka, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 8/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/24 (2013.01); B60Q 1/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an object detection system which enables detection of a body of interest without causing any disturbance outside a vehicle even if the body of interest is present in a restricted-illumination area. In accordance with the timing whereby an imaging module captures an image of an object in the restricted-illumination area and on the basis of the result of image processing by an image processing module, an illumination control module controls the start and end of illumination of the restricted-illumination area by an illumination module.