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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2010
Takeshi Shima, Mito, JP;
Mirai Higuchi, Mito, JP;
Shoji Muramatsu, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tatsuhiko Monji, Hitachinaka, JP;
Takuya Naka, Yachiyo, JP;
Takeshi Shima, Mito, JP;
Mirai Higuchi, Mito, JP;
Shoji Muramatsu, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tatsuhiko Monji, Hitachinaka, JP;
Takuya Naka, Yachiyo, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a road-shoulder detecting device including a distance-information calculating portion for calculating the presence of a physical object and the distance from the subject vehicle to the object from input three-dimensional image information relating to an environment around the vehicle, a vehicular road surface detecting portion for detecting a vehicular road surface with the subject vehicle from a distance image, a height difference calculating portion for measuring height difference between the detected vehicular road and an off-road region, and a road shoulder decision portion for deciding height difference as to whether the road shoulder is boundary between the surface and the region in a case where there is an off-road region lower than the vehicular road surface.