Image analysis – Applications – Vehicle or traffic control
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-31
2006-01-31
Miriam, Daniel (Department: 2625)
Image analysis
Applications
Vehicle or traffic control
C382S154000, C345S419000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06993159
ABSTRACT:
A driving support system for enabling a driver to appropriately confirm environmental conditions of a moving body is provided. A plurality of imaging means for taking an image of the rear of the moving body is installed on the moving body. The plurality of imaging means have an area (OL) where their imaging areas overlap with each other, and the overlap area (OL) includes an area in the vicinity of a vanishing point (VP). Detection means obtains a stereo parallax (VD) between one imaging means and another imaging means in the overlap area (OL), and obtains a distance to an object based on the stereo parallax (VD).
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Ishii Hirofumi
Morimura Atsushi
Nakagawa Masamichi
Okamoto Shusaku
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
Matsushita Electric - Industrial Co., Ltd.
Mistry O'Neal R.
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