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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2012
Positioning information forming device, detection device, and positioning information forming method
Makoto Yasugi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Yasugi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a positioning information forming device which improves object detection accuracy. This device comprises a synthesis unit () which synthesizes camera distance map information and radar distance map information and generates 'synthesized map information'. This synthesized map information is used for object detection processing by a detection device (). In this way it is possible to improve object detection accuracy by being able to detect objects based on information in which the camera distance map information and radar distance map information have been synthesized. In other words, by synthesizing the camera distance map information and radar distance map information, it is possible to remove unnecessary noise due to reflection from the ground and walls, etc. and therefore set object detection thresholds to low values. It is therefore possible to detect even objects the detection of which was judged to be impossible in the past.