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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2023
Thinkware Corporation, Seongnam-si, KR;
Shin Hyoung Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
THINKWARE CORPORATION, Seongnam-si, KR;
Abstract
A method for measuring an inter-vehicle distance using a processor is provided. The method includes acquiring a driving image photographed by a photographing device of a first vehicle; detecting a second vehicle from the driving image and calculating a ratio between an image width of the detected second vehicle and an image width of a lane in which the second vehicle is located; determining a size class of the second vehicle among a plurality of size classes based on the calculated ratio; determining a width of the second vehicle based on the determined size class of the second vehicle; and calculating a distance from the photographing device to the second vehicle based on the determined width of the second vehicle, a focal length of the photographing device, and the image width of the second vehicle.