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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2020
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In a vehicle surroundings recognition apparatus that recognizes a specific target around a vehicle from an image captured by an imaging unit, a shadow detection unit is configured to detect a shadow region based on a difference, between a plurality of elements constituting the image, in intensity of a specific color component included in colors represented by the plurality of elements and a difference in luminance between the plurality of elements, the shadow region being a region in the image in which a shadow is cast on a surface of the road. A feature point detection unit is configured to detect feature points in the image. A recognition unit is configured to recognize the target based on the shadow region detected by the shadow detection unit and a group of feature points detected by the feature point detection unit.