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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tadahiko Kanou, Saitama, JP;
Masahiko Adachi, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00798 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2355 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); B60R 2300/804 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exposure level determination unit () determines, for a region of interest in an original image captured by a camera () using a first exposure level in a control cycle at a predetermined time point, a second exposure level which is an exposure level for the next control cycle, by calculating a transparent pixel saturation rate which is a ratio of transparent pixels having a saturated gradation value among transparent pixels in the region of interest, and changing the first exposure level according to the transparent pixel saturation rate.