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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2005
Shunsuke Nagasawa, Kyoto, JP;
Hidenori Sato, Fujieda, JP;
Noriyuki Unno, Shizuoka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Murakami Corporation, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle environment monitoring device comprises an imaging section for taking image data of an environment of an automobile, the image including at least two types of colors; a setting section for setting a specific area of the image data obtained by the imaging section, wherein the specific area has a strip shape longer in, and parallel to, a horizontal direction of a frame image and includes at least two types of colors; an extraction section for taking in image data of the specific area in units of one or a plurality of frame images taken by the imaging section in time series and extracting moving vector information based on the image data of the specific area; and a detection section for detecting a second vehicle which is present in an environment of a first vehicle having the vehicle environment monitoring device mounted thereon, based on the moving vector information.