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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2022
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Koji Itaba, Shizuoka, JP;
Masayuki Takahashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Daiki Kato, Shizuoka, JP;
Shun Tanemoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Masatoshi Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Keita Kondo, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gating camera divides a field of view in a depth direction into multiple slices, and generates multiple slice images that correspond to the multiple slices. An illumination apparatus emits illumination light. A camera controller controls a light emission timing of the illumination apparatus and an exposure timing of an image sensor so as to generate slice images from a near slice to a farther slice. An arithmetic processing device judges whether a road surface appears for each of the slice images generated in sequence. Processing for a row judged to include a road surface in a given slice is simplified at the time of sensing of a slice farther than the given slice.