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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2009
Kenta Hoki, Oobu, JP;
Kenta Hoki, Oobu, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An image processing device determines, cuts and extracts a processing area from an image data monitored by a camera mounted onto a driver's vehicle based on a distance between a front target object and a driver's vehicle, a horizontal position of the driver's vehicle, and a strength of a radar wave transmitted from a radar device and then reflected by objects in front of the driver's vehicle. The radar device is mounted to the driver's vehicle and transmits the radar wave to the front area of the driver's vehicle. The image processing device extracts vertical edges and horizontal edges from the image data in the processing area, and subtracts the horizontal edge values from the vertical edge values, and finally detects whether or not the front target object is a three-dimensional object based on the calculated result of the subtraction of the edges.