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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2003
Nobuharu Nagaoka, Nasu-gun, JP;
Takayuki Tsuji, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masahito Watanabe, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hiroshi Hattori, Utsunomiya, JP;
Izumi Takatsudo, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masakazu Saka, Utsunomiya, JP;
Nobuharu Nagaoka, Nasu-gun, JP;
Takayuki Tsuji, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masahito Watanabe, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hiroshi Hattori, Utsunomiya, JP;
Izumi Takatsudo, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masakazu Saka, Utsunomiya, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device for monitoring around a vehicle capable of detecting objects present around the vehicle based on an image captured by at least one infrared camera member provided with the vehicle. The device includes a binary object extraction unit which subjects a gray scale image of the image captured by the infrared camera member to a binary thresholding method, and extracts a binary object from the gray scale image; a gray scale object extraction unit which extracts a gray scale object, a range of the gray scale object including the binary object, from the gray scale image based on change in luminance of the gray scale image, and a pedestrian determination unit which sets a search area in an area including the gray scale object, and recognizes a pedestrian in the gray scale image based on a luminance variance in the search area.