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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Makoto Aimura, Saitama, JP;
Nobuharu Nagaoka, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Aimura, Saitama, JP;
Nobuharu Nagaoka, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle periphery monitoring device is provided with a symmetrical image portion extraction unit () which extracts a first image portion (A) and a second image portion (A) which are line-symmetrical to each other in the horizontal direction; and expanded region setting unit () which sets a first expanded region (B) containing the first image portion (A); an expanded search range setting unit () which sets an expanded search range (C) which contains the second image portion (A); and an object class recognition unit () which searches in the expanded search range (C) a second expanded region (B) which has a correlation degree to a mirror reflection image (B) of the first expanded region (B), and recognizes the image containing the first image portion (A) and the second image portion (A) as the image of another vehicle if the second expanded region (B) is detected.