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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2012
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Seisuke Kasaoki, Tokyo, JP;
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are provided an environment recognition device and an environment recognition method. An exterior environment recognition device obtains an image in a detection area, generates a block group by grouping, based on a first relative relationship between blocks, multiple blocks in an area extending from a plane corresponding to a road surface to a predetermined height in the obtained image, divides the block group into two in a horizontal direction of the image, and determines, based on a second relative relationship between two divided block groups, whether the block group is a first person candidate which is a candidate of a person.