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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2013
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Ujiie, Tokyo, JP;
Kanemi Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A radio communication apparatus includes a radio transmitting/receiving unit having a directional antenna and a storage unit storing reference image data and captured image data obtained by an imaging unit. The imaging unit has an optical axis oriented in the same direction as the radio wave direction of the directional antenna and captures an image related to a line of sight of the other opposed radio communication apparatus. The radio communication apparatus further includes an image processing unit comparing the reference image data with the captured image data and a control unit detecting, from the comparison result, and informing that an obstacle is traveling toward the aforementioned radio wave direction.