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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2013
Clarion Co., Ltd., Saitama-shi, Saitama, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kota Irie, Saitama, JP;
Masayuki Takemura, Hitachi, JP;
Shoji Muramatsu, Hitachi, JP;
Yasuhisa Hayakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Fukata, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Masahiro Kiyohara, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Utagawa, Hitachi, JP;
CLARION CO., LTD., Saitama-shi, JP;
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
An in-vehicle image recognizer effectively detects a moving object from an image even when a lens has grime. In a detection sensitivity adjustor () which adjusts detection sensitivity to be increased according to a white turbidity level (U), the detection sensitivity of a vehicle detector () (image recognition application execution unit), which detects the other vehicle () (moving object) existing in the surrounding area of a vehicle () with a predetermined detection sensitivity from the image obtained by an imaging unit () disposed in the vehicle () to observe the surrounding area of the vehicle () through a lens () and convert the light signal of the observed surrounding area of the vehicle () into an image signal, is corrected based on the attachment level M of the attached matter such as dirt or water drops to the lens (), which is calculated by an attachment level calculator ().