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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2020
Denso Ten Limited, Kobe, JP;
Nobuhisa Ikeda, Kobe, JP;
Nobunori Asayama, Kobe, JP;
Takashi Kono, Kobe, JP;
Yasushi Tani, Kobe, JP;
Daisuke Yamamoto, Kobe, JP;
Daisuke Shiota, Kobe, JP;
Teruhiko Kamibayashi, Kobe, JP;
DENSO TEN Limited, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A deposit detection device according to an embodiment includes an adhesion detection module, a moving adhesion detection module, and a determination module. The adhesion detection module detects a deposit region corresponding to a deposit adhering to an imaging device, based on brightness information of an image captured by the imaging device. The moving adhesion detection module detects the deposit region detected during moving of the vehicle as a moving deposit region, from among the deposit regions detected by the adhesion detection module. When the area of the moving deposit region detected by the moving adhesion detection module is equal to or larger than a first threshold value, the determination module determines that there is a deposit.