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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2014
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
In order to provide a stereoscopic camera apparatus capable of rapidly and accurately detecting a three-dimensional object even when the three-dimensional object abruptly appears in an angle of view, a stereoscopic camera apparatusincludes: three-dimensional object detecting means; to-be-covered object detecting meansfor detecting a to-be-covered object having a known shape; and to-be-covered object covering-detecting meansandfor detecting whether or not the three-dimensional object detected by the three-dimensional object detecting means covers the to-be-covered object when the to-be-covered object is detected by the to-be-covered object detecting means. When it is detected that the three-dimensional object covers the to-be-covered object, the to-be-covered object covering-detecting meansanddetect the three-dimensional object which covers the to-be-covered object by performing a process for determining whether or not the three-dimensional object is present in a simpler way, as compared to a case where the to-be-covered object covering-detecting meansanddetect that the three-dimensional object does not cover the to-be-covered object.