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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Syunya Kumano, Gothenburg, SE;
Naoki Kawasaki, Kariya, JP;
Shunsuke Suzuki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tetsuya Takafuji, Anjo, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
In a travel division line recognition apparatus, an extracting unit extracts a travel division line candidate from an image of a surrounding environment including a road, captured by an on-board camera. A calculating unit calculates a degree of reliability that the extracted travel division line candidate will be the travel division line. A recognizing unit selects the travel division line candidate based on the calculated degree of reliability, and recognizes the travel division line using the selected travel division line candidate. In the calculating unit, a solid object processing unit recognizes solid objects including vehicles, sets a suppression area including a frontal-face suppression area covering a frontal face of the other vehicle and a side-face suppression area covering a side face of the other vehicle, based on the recognized solid objects, and reduces the degree of reliability of the travel division line candidate present within the suppression area.