PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To identify an emission source at early timing with high precision.SOLUTION: A vehicle external environment recognition apparatus 120 comprises: a vehicle identification unit 164 identifying a preceding vehicle and a vehicle region occupied by the preceding vehicle for an image picked up by an imaging device 110; an emission source candidate identification unit 166 identifying a candidate of an emission source in the identified vehicle region as an emission source candidate; a cover identification unit 170 identifying a cover that covers the emission source in the identified vehicle region; and a lamp determination unit 176 determining whether the emission source candidate is a lamp in an ON-state on the basis of the number of pixels or a pixel area of the emission source candidate and an ON-determination threshold in response to the number of pixels or a pixel area of the cover.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

    【課題】早期に精度よく発光源を特定する。【解決手段】車外環境認識装置120は、撮像装置110により撮像された画像について、先行車両、および、先行車両が占有する車両領域を特定する車両特定部164と、特定された車両領域における、発光源の候補を発光源候補として特定する発光源候補特定部166と、特定された前記車両領域における、発光源を覆うカバーを特定するカバー特定部170と、特定された発光源候補の画素数または画素面積と、カバーの画素数または画素面積に応じた点灯判定閾値とに基づいて、該発光源候補が点灯状態のランプであるか否かを判定するランプ判定部176とを備える。【選択図】図2


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    Title :

    VEHICLE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION APPARATUS


    Additional title:

    車外環境認識装置


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2017-01-12


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Japanese


    Classification :

    IPC:    G06T Bilddatenverarbeitung oder Bilddatenerzeugung allgemein , IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS



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