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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2013
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Mizutani, Kawasaki, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An approaching-object detector for detecting an object approaching an own vehicle includes: a memory; and a processor configured to perform a process, the process including extracting a plurality of corresponding feature points from chronologically captured images, which are obtained by capturing the object using an imaging device provided for the own device, detecting a behavior among the captured images in regard to each of the plurality of feature points, determining whether or not the behavior is random in regard to each of the plurality of feature points, and determining whether or not the object is approaching the own vehicle based on a behavior of a feature point whose behavior is determined to be not random among the plurality of feature points, and outputting a result of the determination.