Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reflection determining apparatus
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Application No.: US16117082Application Date: 2018-08-30
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Publication No.: US10559084B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Masakazu Nishijima
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2017-172670 20170908
- Main IPC: G06T7/246
- IPC: G06T7/246 ; B60R11/04 ; G06T7/269 ; G06T7/00 ; B60R11/00

Abstract:
A reflection determining apparatus is configured to determine reflection for a camera, wherein the camera is configured to photograph an external environment of a vehicle through a glass from an inside of the vehicle and the camera includes a reflection preventer configured to prevent reflection on the glass. The reflection determining apparatus is provided with: a calculator configured to calculate an optical flow of an area in which the reflection is not prevented in a photographed image of the camera; and a determinator configured to determine that there is the reflection in the photographed image of the camera if a duration in which a particular area is detected is greater than or equal to a predetermined time, wherein the particular area is defined by points with a value of the optical flow that is smaller than a predetermined threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190080460A1 REFLECTION DETERMINING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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