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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Taichi Kishida, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Taichi Kishida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); G06K 9/4633 (2013.01);
Abstract
There are provided an environment recognition device and an environment recognition method. the environment recognition device retains beforehand shape information that is information on a shape of a specific object; obtains a luminance of each of target portions, formed by dividing a detection area, and extracting a target portion including an edge; obtains a relative distance of the target portion including an edge; and determines a specific object indicated with the shape information by performing a Hough transform on the target portion having the edge based on the shape information according to the relative distance.