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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2003
Shinichi Matsunaga, Saitama, JP;
Nobuo Higaki, Saitama, JP;
Shinichi Matsunaga, Saitama, JP;
Nobuo Higaki, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mobile apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of imaging devices, a measurement device for measuring a current position and direction of the imaging devices, a map data storing section which stores map data including at least registered information on positions of stationary objects, a recognized distance calculating section which obtains a parallax for a plurality of images, a reference distance calculating section which calculates a reference distance from the imaging devices to a front border of each stationary object, a retracting section for determining a range of image processing, which selects a set of pixels to be processed so as to generate a retracted image, a detecting section for detecting objects from the retracted image, a transport device, and a transport controller for controlling movement of the transport device according to information about the objects detected by the detecting section.
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