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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Masahiro Tanaka, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A feature detection device includes a processor configured to determine whether a vehicle is parked, based on at least one of the speed, steering angle, and shifter position of the vehicle; detect one or more predetermined features from a first image representing a first area around the vehicle in a section of road in which the vehicle is traveling, the first image being generated by a first camera provided on the vehicle, and detect the one or more predetermined features from a second image representing a second area closer to the vehicle than the first area in a section of road in which the vehicle is parked, the second image being generated by a second camera provided on the vehicle.