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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2020
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle exterior environment recognition apparatus includes an image acquisition unit and a paired light source identification unit. The image acquisition unit acquires first and second luminance images. The paired light source identification unit extracts light sources from the first luminance image, to identify, as paired light sources, a pair of light sources out of the light sources extracted from the first luminance image, on the basis of positional relation of the light sources extracted. The paired light source identification unit extracts light sources from the second luminance image on the condition that the light sources extracted from the first luminance image are devoid of the paired light sources, to identify, as the paired light sources, one of the light sources extracted from the first luminance image and one of the light sources extracted from the second luminance image.