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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2021
Ntt, Inc.;
Kohei Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuaki Obana, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Hata, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Yokohata, Tokyo, JP;
Aki Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
NTT, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recognition device that detects a boundary of a roadway by use of time-series images captured by a camera mounted on a vehicle, the recognition device including: an acquisition unit that acquires the time-series images; and a detection unit that classifies areas in the acquired time-series images into a roadway, which is an area having a small change amount, and a portion other than the roadway, which is an area having a large change amount, according to magnitude of the change amounts, and detects a boundary between the area having the small change amount and the area having the large change amount as a boundary of the roadway.