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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
May. 23, 2008
Masaki Nakamura, Okazaki Aichi, JP;
Tomoaki Ishikawa, Okazaki Aichi, JP;
Koichi Nakao, Okazaki Aichi, JP;
Osamu Aisaka, Okazaki Aichi, JP;
Motoki Kanba, Okazaki Aichi, JP;
Kiyokazu Okada, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masaki Nakamura, Okazaki Aichi, JP;
Tomoaki Ishikawa, Okazaki Aichi, JP;
Koichi Nakao, Okazaki Aichi, JP;
Osamu Aisaka, Okazaki Aichi, JP;
Motoki Kanba, Okazaki Aichi, JP;
Kiyokazu Okada, Aichi-ken, JP;
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A lane determining device includes: a feature information obtaining unit for obtaining feature information F of a target feature existing in each lane in the traveling direction of a vehicle, based on vehicle position information; an image recognizing unit for conducting image recognition processing of a feature type of the target feature in a vehicle lane, with respect to image information; and a lane accuracy determining unit for determining a vehicle lane accuracy for the respective lanes based on a type of a recognized feature fa shown in an image recognition result, feature types Ftto Ftof the target feature of the respective lanes shown in the feature information F, in accordance with a level of probability for each of the feature types Ftto Ftof the target feature of the respective lanes is recognized as the type of the recognized feature fa.