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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Applicants:
Cheng Du, Beijing, CN;
Liyan Liu, Beijing, CN;
Xiaomeng Wang, Beijing, CN;
Ping HU, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00825 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for detecting a front vehicle comprises: a moving light detecting step of detecting a front moving light area of an own vehicle in at least one image of a front scene of the own vehicle obtained at a time; a vehicle candidate generating step of extracting a light area pair from the detected front moving light area so that a front vehicle candidate is generated; and a vehicle candidate verifying step of verifying that the front vehicle candidate is the front vehicle in cases where the front vehicle candidate meets predetermined characteristics of a vehicle light.