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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2022
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Hideaki Kido, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotomo Sai, Hitachinaka, JP;
HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., Hitachinaka, JP;
Abstract
An external environment recognition device includes: a road surface height estimation unit that estimates a height of a road surface on which an object is positioned in an image captured by a monocular camera installed in a vehicle; a road surface height reliability estimation unit that calculates reliability of a height of the road surface estimated by the road surface height estimation unit; and an object distance information estimation unit that estimates a distance to the object in accordance with the reliability calculated by the road surface height reliability estimation unit, in which the road surface height reliability estimation unit calculates the reliability based on a determination result as to whether the road surface is same as a grounding contact surface of the vehicle.