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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2009
Masahiro Kiyohara, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kota Irie, Sagamihara, JP;
Naoki Kourogi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tatsuhiko Monji, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yoshitaka Takahashi, Hitachi, JP;
Shoji Muramatsu, Hitachinaka, JP;
Masahiro Kiyohara, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kota Irie, Sagamihara, JP;
Naoki Kourogi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tatsuhiko Monji, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yoshitaka Takahashi, Hitachi, JP;
Shoji Muramatsu, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
An object recognition device includes; an image-capturing unit mounted to a mobile body; an image generation unit that converts images captured by the image-capturing unit at different time points to corresponding synthesized images as seen vertically downwards from above; a detection unit that compares together a plurality of the synthesized images and detects corresponding regions; and a recognition unit that recognizes an object present upon the road surface from a difference between the corresponding regions.