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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
May. 24, 2005
Makoto Nishida, Toyota, JP;
Akihiro Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Makoto Nishida, Toyota, JP;
Akihiro Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A boundary detector includes a candidate line detecting unit that detects a candidate line of a lane boundary position drawn on the road surface based on image information from a camera. The detector also includes a lane boundary position selecting unit that selects the lane boundary position based on the candidate line; an additional lane boundary position selecting unit that selects a lane boundary position of an additional lane that is added to a main lane based on the candidate line; and an additional processing unit that stops adopting the lane boundary position for a predetermined time period when the additional lane boundary position selecting unit selects a lane boundary position of the additional lane.