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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Makoto Kawaharada, Susono, JP;
Akihiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Shimizu, Susono, JP;
Ichiro Matsuyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaki Kishimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masamichi Ohsugi, Sunto-gun, JP;
Masateru Udate, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Takeyasu, Musashino, JP;
Takahiro Doi, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A stop line detection apparatus recognizes a boundary line of a lane on which the host vehicle travels, and detect a stop line at an intersection in front of the host vehicle. The apparatus sets an intersection area corresponding to the intersection in the road on which the host vehicle travels on the basis of a captured image by a front camera of the host vehicle, detects a crosswalk in the intersection area, a stop line search area setting unit configured to set a stop line search area extending from the crosswalk toward a front side in the lane on which the host vehicle travels, and performs stop line detection in the stop line search area. A depth of the stop line search area in an extending direction of a traveling lane is smaller than twice a depth of the crosswalk.