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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2024
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Yunyun Cao, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Akamatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirohito Mukai, Tokyo, JP;
Shunsuke Tsujioka, Nara, JP;
Osamu Shibata, Hyogo, JP;
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A marker includes N (N is an integer greater than or equal to 3) first areas that are arranged adjacent to one another in a predetermined direction. At each of N−1 first boundaries between the N first areas, an amount of change in a color property corresponding to positions in the predetermined direction is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, in each of the N first areas, the amount of change in the color property corresponding to positions in the predetermined direction is less than or equal to a second threshold value that is less than the first threshold value, and a pattern of change in the color property corresponding to positions in the predetermined direction is common among the N first areas.