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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Osamu Endo, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuharu Mano, Shizuoka, JP;
Takanori Namba, Shizuoka, JP;
Masayasu Ito, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 20/584 (2022.01); B60Q 2300/13 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/41 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle detecting device includes a region setting unit that sets a plurality of regions of interest having different ranges on image data acquired from an image capturing device that captures an image of a space in front of a host vehicle; and a vehicle determining unit that determines, for each of the regions of interest, presence of a front vehicle based on a luminous point present in the region and that executes a determination at different frequencies in the respective regions of interest.