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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2016
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Aoki, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Sato, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Kentaro Yokoi, Tachikawa Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiko Suzuki, Suginami Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kimiyama, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Nakamura, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kawasaki-shi, Kangawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An embodiment of a vehicle monitoring apparatus has a determiner and a reader. The determiner determines whether or not a specific site of a vehicle exists at least in an area of an image, the image imaged by an imager, the area being one of multiple areas into which the image is divided by dividing line that are substantially orthogonal to a direction of travel of the vehicle. The reader reads information on a license plate mounted to the vehicle from the area in case that the determiner determines the specific site of the vehicle is determined to exist in the area.