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Patent No.:

US 7436982 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2005
Applicants:

Fuminori Taniguchi, Shioya-gun, JP;

Hobuharu Nagaoka, Nasu-gun, JP;

Takayuki Tsuji, Utsunomiya, JP;

Inventors:

Fuminori Taniguchi, Shioya-gun, JP;

Hobuharu Nagaoka, Nasu-gun, JP;

Takayuki Tsuji, Utsunomiya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus, includes: an infrared imaging device that captures an image; a binarized object extraction device that extracts a binarized object by binarizing the image; an extraction region setting device that sets, as an extraction region, a region adjacent to one of an upper end and a lower end of the binarized object extracted by the binarized object extraction device; a search region setting device that sets a search region around the extraction region; a similar object extraction device that, when an object having a shape similar to that of the object in the extraction region is present in the search region, extracts the object in the search region as a similar object; and an identical object determination device that determines whether or not the object in the extraction region and the similar object in the search region are identical.


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Taniguchi, Fuminori. (2008). Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 7436982). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7436982

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