Vehicle detecting apparatus

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2007-10-04

2010-11-23

Bugg, George A (Department: 2612)

Communications: electrical

Vehicle detectors

With camera

C340S933000, C340S425500, C382S104000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07839303

ABSTRACT:
The vehicle detecting apparatus includes an image sensor mounted on a host vehicle so as to be able to take an image ahead of the host vehicle, a light source area extracting function of extracting, from image data outputted from the image sensor, an area having luminance higher than a predetermined value as a light source area, a vehicle detecting function of detecting existence of at least one of an oncoming vehicle and a preceding vehicle by recognizing which of a headlight of the oncoming vehicle, a taillight of the preceding vehicle, and a roadside reflector causes the light source area in the image data. The vehicle detecting function is configured to lower a probability that the vehicle detecting function recognizes that the light source area is caused by the roadside reflector when the headlight of the host vehicle is in a low-beam position.

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Office action dated Sep. 29, 2009 in corresponding German Application No. 10 2007 048508.7.

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