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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2012
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Hirokazu Muramatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An object detection device () is provided with: a video image converting section () converting an input video image in which surroundings of a vehicle are shot, to a characteristics video image into which image characteristics have been extracted from the input video image; a video images-classified-by-distance extracting/composing section () extracting areas which differ according to distances from the characteristics video image on the basis of the distance from a vehicle and composing the areas; a first object detecting section () scanning a composite video image to perform first object detection processing; an object-candidate position specifying section () determining an object-candidate position from a result of the first object detection processing; a second object detecting section () performing second object detection processing for the object-candidate position; and an object position identifying section () identifying an object position from a result of the second object detecting section.