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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2011
Nobuharu Nagaoka, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Aimura, Saitama, JP;
Nobuharu Nagaoka, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Aimura, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle mounted in a vehicle, captures an image of surroundings of the vehicle, extracts from the captured image an image area for a predetermined part of a desired type of object, and sets a predetermined area below the extracted image area. The device extracts candidates for the desired type of object present outside the vehicle based on the predetermined area and determines, for each of the extracted object candidates, whether the object candidate is the desired type of object. When no pattern different from the background is captured in the predetermined area, or when a pattern different from the background is captured only in one of a first and a second areas, then the object in the image area is excluded from the candidates for the desired type of object. Thus, a pedestrian, for example, can be distinguished from an artificial structure.