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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2012
Takehito Ogata, Hitachi, JP;
Shoji Muramatsu, Hitachinaka, JP;
Takashi Tsutsui, Atsugi, JP;
Katsuyuki Nakamura, Saitama, JP;
Mitsutoshi Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Takehito Ogata, Hitachi, JP;
Shoji Muramatsu, Hitachinaka, JP;
Takashi Tsutsui, Atsugi, JP;
Katsuyuki Nakamura, Saitama, JP;
Mitsutoshi Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Clarion Co., Ltd., Saitama-shi, JP;
Abstract
An environment recognizing device for a vehicle is provided that can correctly detect a preceding vehicle in a scene, such as for instance the dusk, which is under an illumination condition different from that in the daytime. The device detects a vehicle external shape while detecting vehicle taillights, and determines a region in which the vehicle external shape and the vehicle taillights move in synchronization, as a vehicle.